Birds covered their little ones with their feathers as the coldness struck Bastion City. Snow had fallen and crammed the street like sand.
The snow kept on falling as children ran across the streets.
"Hey," a boy wearing a jacket with Baek's name tag on it screamed. "Take this." He hurled a folded snowball at his colleagues, then set out running.
Shadows stretched across the road at every junction the kids moved past. They had no fear at first until they walked past the Storm Mansion's gate.
"Guys, run!" they screamed at each other and ran as if their days on earth had been numbered.
Right after they vanished from sight, dried leaves fell from the trees at the other side of the iron gate. They floated in the air and finally landed softly on the ground.
Footsteps echoed softly from the garden.
Min-ji stopped right in front of the apple tree. "Shit, I failed this time too?" She watched the roots at the base of the tree while hitting the bark with her palms.
