A DOOMED LOVE Winter, 25,000 Years Ago “Long ago,” Hmmka explained to her friend Umkah, “two families asked to move into this small community. It was nice; as you know, it was near a small river. My family and Darnay’s had known and disliked one another for many sun cycles. So when Darnay’s family found this settlement and were welcomed in, they tried hard to prevent us coming in after them.” “If we