"Are you human or a ghost?" Ethan managed to ask, his voice trembling as his mind blurred.
The temperature was now so frigid that his exhaled breath crystallized mid-air.
Yet, within ten meters of him, the hot spring water steamed vigorously, seemingly unaffected by the freezing cold. The woman stood in the pool, her back to him, utterly unfazed.
How was this possible?
By all logic, the hot spring should have frozen solid. Or, if its temperature was as high as it seemed, the heat should have melted the ice around it.
How could two such drastically different temperatures coexist in the same space?
It made no sense. It defied science.
Ethan bit his lip to stay conscious, rubbing his eyes to ensure he wasn’t hallucinating. The scene before him was very real.
Determined, he took anothe
