Two days later, in the middle of the night in the mountains, a woman cautiously held her clothes, glancing back every few steps until she heard no sound, then she breathed a sigh of relief and hastened her pace. She remembered seeing a shallow forest pool nearby during the day, and after two days without bathing, she felt uncomfortable all over and sticky. The man had been around her all the time, so she had no time to clean herself until she could sneak away while he slept at midnight.

The mountain path was difficult to navigate during the day, let alone at night, but luckily the moon was bright...