01 Storm Peak
“There was nobody in sight. Then she heard the sound again, realized it was coming from behind the cabin.
It was the brief coughing explosion of a two-stroke motor as someone yanked on the starter cord. The cough now swelled into a continuous roar, revved three times, then settled.
It could have been a generator. Or a chain saw. But she knew it wasn’t either of those things.
It was a snowmobile starting up.
Even as she thought it, the black Polaris broke from behind the cabin with a figure hunch...ed over the handlebars, driving the little snow bike through the deep drifts and toward the far edge of the clearing.
A tail of thrown snow hung in the air behind the drive track as Miller gunned the engine. He saw her and yelled something she couldn’t make out above the noise of the engine.
She threw up the Blackhawk at arm’s length, her thumb snagging the hammer back to full cock, called a warning.
“Miller! Stop or I’ll shoot!”
She never knew if he heard her or not, and it was that uncertainty that made her hesitate a fraction of a second too long.MoreLess
It was the brief coughing explosion of a two-stroke motor as someone yanked on the starter cord. The cough now swelled into a continuous roar, revved three times, then settled.
It could have been a generator. Or a chain saw. But she knew it wasn’t either of those things.
It was a snowmobile starting up.
Even as she thought it, the black Polaris broke from behind the cabin with a figure hunch...ed over the handlebars, driving the little snow bike through the deep drifts and toward the far edge of the clearing.
A tail of thrown snow hung in the air behind the drive track as Miller gunned the engine. He saw her and yelled something she couldn’t make out above the noise of the engine.
She threw up the Blackhawk at arm’s length, her thumb snagging the hammer back to full cock, called a warning.
“Miller! Stop or I’ll shoot!”
She never knew if he heard her or not, and it was that uncertainty that made her hesitate a fraction of a second too long.MoreLess
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