The snow fell heavily, and the whole world seemed dressed in silver.
He pursued someone alone to the edge of a sheer cliff thousands of feet high, but in the vast snowy landscape, all he found was a trail of bloody footprints.
The footprints ended at the cliff's edge.
A bottomless abyss stretched below.
Had they jumped?
He closed his eyes and stood in the snow for a long while before finally leaving.
A torn strip of bright red fabric hung from a tree branch by the cliff.
