The temperature in the apartment dropped suddenly, thin sheets of ice began crawling around the corners on the walls and floor. Walter looked around in alarm then took a step back. What the hell was happening?

“What was her name?” the mysterious man asked, staring hard at Walter.

Walter hesitated for a few seconds.

“Lissa. Melissa Lance,” he answered. That was his mother's name before she died, the name she took after she married his father.

“I need her name ...