For Clara Bennett, every step felt like a battle.
Her stagecoach had overturned hours earlier on a remote mountain pass. The few passengers who escaped scattered in different directions searching for help.
One man looked at Clara, shook his head, and walked away.
He believed she would only slow him down.
So Clara was left alone.
Pregnant with fear and exhausted from the cold, she pushed forward through waist-deep snow, praying she would find shelter before the mountain claimed another victim.
Then, through the darkness, she saw it.
A faint light.
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