Winter Fire
“Sarah said tightly.
Lola spat another juicy stream. “I weren’t born yesterday.”
Without answering, Sarah uncocked her shotgun and ran into the cabin. She spared a quick glance for the injured hawk on its perch in a corner. The bird was ruffled and skittish from the noise, but otherwise unhurt.
Not as much could be said of the man.
Case was slumped on the floor at the back of the cabin, naked but for the loincloth. His forehead was propped against the wall. His six-gun was in his hands. The barr...el was rammed through an opening in the planks where the chinking had fallen out.
The bitter smell of gun smoke hung in the still air.
“Case?” she asked.
His only answer was an indistinct sound. He didn’t turn toward her.
She rushed across the room and sank to her knees beside him. Hastily she propped her shotgun against the wall and began running her hands over his back and legs, searching for new injury.
The gentle touches went through him like lightning. His breath hissed in on a muffled curse.MoreLess
Lola spat another juicy stream. “I weren’t born yesterday.”
Without answering, Sarah uncocked her shotgun and ran into the cabin. She spared a quick glance for the injured hawk on its perch in a corner. The bird was ruffled and skittish from the noise, but otherwise unhurt.
Not as much could be said of the man.
Case was slumped on the floor at the back of the cabin, naked but for the loincloth. His forehead was propped against the wall. His six-gun was in his hands. The barr...el was rammed through an opening in the planks where the chinking had fallen out.
The bitter smell of gun smoke hung in the still air.
“Case?” she asked.
His only answer was an indistinct sound. He didn’t turn toward her.
She rushed across the room and sank to her knees beside him. Hastily she propped her shotgun against the wall and began running her hands over his back and legs, searching for new injury.
The gentle touches went through him like lightning. His breath hissed in on a muffled curse.MoreLess
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