In this horror, romance short story the simple farm life of the colony is disrupted when first small animals and then a old drunk mysteriously disappear. However, soon there are attacks by unknown creatures on women and children and on the main character, ex marine Micah Thomas. Elizabeth, his neighbor's wife and his lover, feels that the attacks are retribution for their sin. Is this really true? Meeting each attack with an even more vicious response, Micah (dubbed "the horror" by the angels) becomes the one person who can end the conflict...but does he really want to?