Over the next few days the cold seeped into every part of Bena. But though it kept people in at night, during the day, hunters went out to find search for the last of the creatures too stupid to find a burrow and hibernate.
Fewer hunters went out everyday though. Cuau said it was because the period of snow and rain usually ended abruptly after one last big storm. The people who had taken Dala to the summit arrived back.
Her two remaining husbands had bee captured. The one who stood watch at the summit didn't have much happen to him, but the one who had been here in town had committed a lot more than torture.
The man had been Dala's enforcer and most of the fear that kept others from standing up to her had been because of his extreme actions. Soon after Dala had forced Chief Inti to the Summit, she had claimed the leadership position.
