Just as Zach picked up Madelyn, a snowflake fell onto his nose. It was cold and quickly melted upon contact with his body temperature.

He lifted his head and saw that it was starting to snow heavily. The snowflakes fell and remained on the ground before they melted shortly after.

Memories flooded Zach's mind.

When he joined the Jent family, Madelyn was eight.

"Look, Zach! It's snowing!"

Madelyn was eleven.

"Zach, can we go build a snowman outside? I like doing that the most!"

He thought of eighteen-year-old Madelyn.

"Zach, if it snows in Ventropolis again this year, I'll confess my feelings for you. Then you'll be my boyfriend, okay?" she said.

'You did nothing wrong, Madelyn! But... It was wrong for you to be born into the Jent family. What you've gone through is only the beginning,' he said to himself.

...

Madelyn wandered in the dark for a long time.

She felt like a soulless and mindless puppet that was being controlled. When a light appeared in front of her, she walked