Frostbound

Tracy

She felt it before she saw it.

Since the last wave finished, every bird that Kathy had sent North was killed indiscriminately. Arrows of Ice, spears of light, or balls of fire killed anything that got close to what their camp was doing.

Her eye in the sky was blind and she wasn't warned of his approach.

She knew what was coming, it was hard not to after she had met the man. The way the northern faction exited her camp left little doubt. The only reason to depart as quickly and as orderly as they had was because of only a few reasons, and all of them were bad. Only minutes after the wave ended they were up and out of here with prepacked luggage.

She could honestly say she saw this coming. Tracy thought it would be Kurt first rather than Christopher, but knew one of them would probably do it. She was wrong on who it would be.

The slight chill in the air gave away who it was that approached her camp and the accompanied dread was unmistakeable.

Her control over the camp was already slipping and she was barely holding on by this point. She didn't hold the same power she once did. There weren't enough people that would stand with her this time.

Even if she still had that kind of power, she wasn't certain it would have worked. After the last wave ended, no one wanted to give up their points anymore. They didn't want to live by her rules and they refused to listen to her.

The threat to their lives was over and they expressed their discontent with the way they had been treated. Some left. Others stayed but they wouldn't cooperate with her. Most refused her outright.

Staying only to use the facilities that Tracy had built during the tutorial before they were whisked away and back to earth.

Without the influx of points, she had to go out and earn them herself. Kathy stayed with her and she cut a deal with Damien to keep some muscle on her side, but she didn't trust the rest of her camp enough to keep them close.