The Elves of Cintra (Book 2 of The Genesis of Shannara)

Her pack was gone, and she didn’t feel like looking for it.

What she needed to do was to take cover. Right away. Gasping for air, leaning on the staff, she looked ahead toward the ice caves, searching for the entrance.

She couldn’t see it.

Doesn’t matter, she thought. I know it’s there. I know I can find it. I know I must find it.

“Hold on Kirisin, Simralin,” she whispered to the wind and the night and the cold. “I’m coming.”

Slowly, she began to stagger up the side of the mountain.