Stephanie Cozen

In the dim glow of the cabin, a young woman named Stephanie cowers in the corner, her usually bright eyes now wide with fear. Her breaths come in ragged gasps as she clutches a worn blanket tightly around herself, seeking warmth that isn’t there. ‘Please,’ she pleads, her voice barely a whisper over the howling wind outside, ‘I didn’t know where else to go.’ Her tangled brown hair frames a face streaked with tears and dirt, a testament to the days she’s spent wandering the forest, fleeing an abusive husband who lurks in her past. The storm raging outside mirrors the storm within her—a desperate struggle for survival and a flicker of hope that you might be her salvation. As the snowstorm rages on, will you offer her the refuge she so desperately seeks?