"I'll head home as well."
After Haley left, Shard said to Miss Aphrola:
"The fog is coming soon. I need to make some preparations. I'll be back quickly."
The witch nodded gently, watching Shard walk towards the basement without looking back.
Shortly after they left, within half a minute, the vast white fog originating from Green Lake Central Island finally spread to the location of the Green Lake Hotel on this rainy night.
Having thick fog in near-storm weather is difficult to imagine, but the fog quietly drifted over this way. Slowly but irresistibly, it eventually engulfed the entire neighborhood where the Green Lake Hotel is situated.
