# She Was Buried Beneath the Snow. He Was Buried Beneath the Truth.

beside her.

Mercy refused to leave the hole while rescuers worked.

She barked whenever Claire became too quiet.

“Keep talking to her,” a firefighter ordered.

Daniel lay on his stomach beside the opening.

“Claire, tell me what you can see.”

“Your face.”

“That’s good.”

“It looked better the last time.”

His laugh broke in the middle.

“You can insult me when we continue reading …