The Bitter Passage

He was meant to ride alone. Caleb Rowe knows the mountain rule: travel light, trust no one, and never let another soul slow your pace when winter closes in. Then he finds her - half-buried in snow, barely breathing, with a storm rising hard behind him. Taking her means risking everything. Leaving her means certain death. As the wind erases their trail and the cold cuts deeper than any blade, Caleb must decide what kind of man he truly is - the kind who survives.
or the kind who does what's right. In the high country, mercy comes at a cost. And winter collects its debts.