After they had enjoyed a full meal the two went to sleep. With the colder nights starting Maria had invited Shadow inside to sleep and he was often curled up in the one corner of the cabin near the door.
Maria was using her cloak along side the light blanket she used but was finding it hard to sleep this night. She wasn't sure if it was her illness or the night was that cold as she laid curled up in the bed. Listening to the wind lightly moving the door and the soft crackling of the dying embers in the fire.
She sat up in bed, trying to rearrange the blanket and cloak, but it wasn't doing much. She leaned against her knees with a sigh and glanced over seeing Shadow's sleeping form in the dim light of the fire.