Winter's Night
“O’Connell felt it on the back of his neck and deep in his bones as he raced his pinto across the dead winter Texas plains toward a town he’d never known existed.
After all this time, he ought to be used to danger. He had lived his life under its constant stalking shadow, and kept it as his faithful companion. Danger was his ally and his enemy.
It defined everything about him. There had only been one time in his life when he had felt safe. But that was a long time ago.
It was biting cold out, no...t that he felt it much. His thrumming blood kept him warm as he rode through the night.
“You should have been there, Kid. It was like taking candy from a baby,” Pete had laughed. “Hah, now that I think about it, I did take candy from a baby. I just wish I could see their faces when they wake up and find their money gone.”
Then as now, O’Connell hadn’t found the words amusing. He knew Pete could be as cold-blooded as they came—the bullet wound in his arm was testimony to that. But not even he had thought Pete would steal from an orphanage just two days before Christmas.MoreLess
After all this time, he ought to be used to danger. He had lived his life under its constant stalking shadow, and kept it as his faithful companion. Danger was his ally and his enemy.
It defined everything about him. There had only been one time in his life when he had felt safe. But that was a long time ago.
It was biting cold out, no...t that he felt it much. His thrumming blood kept him warm as he rode through the night.
“You should have been there, Kid. It was like taking candy from a baby,” Pete had laughed. “Hah, now that I think about it, I did take candy from a baby. I just wish I could see their faces when they wake up and find their money gone.”
Then as now, O’Connell hadn’t found the words amusing. He knew Pete could be as cold-blooded as they came—the bullet wound in his arm was testimony to that. But not even he had thought Pete would steal from an orphanage just two days before Christmas.MoreLess
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