“So, warm enough, beauty?” Father Frost… She blinks, her eyelashes silvered with frost, and clicks out a rhythm with her teeth.
“Are you really there?”
Great. Not only am I frozen and lost—I’m also imagining things. Just the perfect candidate for a search. Who even decided she belongs in the forest? What kind of volunteer is she? A walking camera, a frame-hunter. She’d even manage to get lost by the trail—and, well, that’s exactly what happened.
“What other Father Frost?” I snap when my patience finally runs out. I grab her by the hood of her yellow jacket and set her on her feet.
“I told you clearly: not a step aside. Is that so hard? For whom was I giving the briefing— for squirrels?”
Vlad Stuzhev is the best in the team: strict, collected, straightforward. He’s used to acting precisely and without glitches, not letting emotions interfere with his work.
Anastasia Chudina is a blogger, a volunteer, and a spontaneous catastrophe that suddenly landed on him.
And whether she posts and tells everything determines whether the search-and-rescue team “Guideline of Hope” survives.