"This forest is huge. They must have outposts. Ronan, let's find their outpost first. If there's a woman, we can get an ID."
Ronan Kendrick focused his keen hearing, then pointed.
"There are sounds to the north, and smoke." He pointed at the sky, and only then did Evelyn Ford see a plume of white smoke rising and blending into the gray, hazy sky.
"Great. Let's go." Evelyn Ford leaned on her trekking pole. The frozen ground was slick with ice, making it easy to slip. She had tied two layers of knee pads around her knees.
After walking for about an hour, the two finally arrived behind an outpost. A highway ran in front of it, and a few vehicles were parked in the yard.
Inside a small hut nearby, two huskies were sleeping.
