Chapter 51 Snowball Effect

*Ana*

“Please, no more!” I squeal between tears. My sides are burning from laughing hard, and I can barely breathe. But this doesn’t stop Nicoli. He ignores my pleas for mercy and carries on his assault.

“Bombs away!” Nicoli throws another snowball to explode over my back.

“Ah!” The shock of ice-cold snow burrows underneath my collar. It's so cold that it almost burns. I immediately try to swat it out, but the snow seems to travel further. It's down too deep; I can’t get it. I must stand and suffer until it melts.

Snow is so mean! I shiver as the snow again finds my skin. It sinks through my clothes like sand. The icy burn reminds me of the hot summer sand in Nochten.

“It’s too cold,” my nose drips an icy snot before I peer back at him.

“I want to go back inside.”

“No way!” Nicoli blows a raspberry and is bent over. He gathers more snow in his gloved hands.

“Not until you eat one- now, come here!” Nicoli charges at me.

“No!” I threw up my arms and caught his hand.

“Let go!