As before, her favorite pastime was morning walks in the forest. The air was crisp and icy, and all around reigned a white silence. Anna walked, enjoying the calm, until her gaze caught on something strange.

A human hand was sticking out of the snow. Frozen, white. The girl froze in horror. Her heart pounded so loudly it seemed the whole forest could hear it.

At first, she thought it was some macabre discovery, that something terrible had happened here. But curiosity overcame fear. She stepped closer, touched the icy hand – and screamed in horror  To be continued in the first comment 

And suddenly… the hand moved.