I woke up to the sound of loud arguing coming from downstairs, and it didn’t sound like anyone was happy.

After the strange creature I saw last night—which I was still trying to convince myself was just a trick of my mind caused by stress—my sleep had been restless. Now, as the bright morning light flooded the room, it revealed a world cleansed by the storm, but the atmosphere in the cabin felt tense and heavy.

“—I don’t care what Kane says, she’s trouble—”

“—we get hit ...