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Chapter 243: Ghost Stories and German Engineering
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2026-01-16 02:03:55The wind didn't just blow; it hated.
It was a physical entity, a white wall of malice that shoved, bit, and screamed. The temperature had dropped to something that made Fahrenheit and Celsius irrelevant. It was just death degrees."Move!" Jack screamed, though the sound was snatched away by the gale the moment it left his blue lips.He leaned into the wind, his good arm wrapped around Olivia’s waist, not for romance, but for ballast. If they let go, the wind would toss th
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