Nathan’s whole back was frozen.

Everything she said made him shudder.

Crystal stroked his cheek. “You came back to me because you couldn’t let me go.”

“Hold your umbrella and shut up.”

Nathan’s eyes were dark, and his face was bad.

Taking Crystal under the eaves of the farmhouse for shelter from the rain, he turned back to pick up the middle-aged man.

Crystal sat at the door and watched the rainfall. The door opened, and a woman came out. Crystal explained her purpose, and the woman let her into the room for shelter.

Before long, the woman saw her husband was carried back with scars all over his body,...