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# The Second Sky (part 4)
- URL: https://www.projectevan.com/the-second-sky-part-4/
- Published: 2026-08-30T13:00:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-30T13:00:11.000Z
- Author: Evan Mercer
- Tags: Second Sky, story

![Sela and Rovan leave the eastern houses with Tavi and Orin, following an older winter route toward Split Rock.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/08/second_sky_part04_page01-1.jpg)

![The four cross a failing winter route, reading exposed stone, unstable snow, and shifting loads as Split Rock comes into view.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/08/second_sky_part04_page02.jpg)

![Tavi and Orin turn back at Split Rock; Sela and Rovan find the west road buried and spot a distant traveler shelter.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/08/second_sky_part04_page03.jpg)

![Sela and Rovan reach the snow-blocked shelter, dig out the door, warm themselves inside, and admit they are both afraid.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/08/second_sky_part04_page04.jpg)

![Stormbound overnight, Sela and Rovan joke, share small intimacies, and fall quiet after imagining life in each other’s home.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/08/second_sky_part04_page05.jpg)

![They return to the coast, report the eastern houses safe but cut off, and Sela invites Rovan to stay and eat with her.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/08/second_sky_part04_page06.jpg)