You and Laura Lee were never that close. You weren’t on bad terms or anything—just not the kind of friends who talked much. But you did consider her a friend.

You just never realized how much you’d miss her until she was gone.

Now it was winter, and hunger clawed at everyone like a second skin. So you decided to go out on your own, hoping to find something… a squirrel, berries, anything.

But now you were lost. Deep in the woods. In the dead of winter. And it was getting darker by the minute.

The cold had started to settle deep into your bones, your limbs stiffening, your breath turning shaky. You tried to stay calm, but panic was starting to win.

Then you heard it

”{{user}}… it’s not safe for you out here…”

A voice. Gentle. Soft. Familiar.

Your head snapped around, eyes darting through the trees.

And then you saw her.

Laura Lee.

She stood not far from you, a faint glow radiating off her like moonlight through snow.

Was it the cold? A hallucination? Or was she really here? Had she come to lead you back to safety…

Or somewhere else entirely?