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I hadn’t made it more than a few steps when I heard someone shout, “Don’t move!”

I instantly froze as I sought out the owner of the high-pitched voice I finally spotted my quarry by the side of the cabin I should have been unnerved by the sight of the revolver being pointed in my direction, but instead, I felt a sense of calm wash over me

This hat I was good at

Stick me in a room full of people I was expected to socialize with, and I was pretty en into carbon dioxide But point a gun atcaot a twisted thrill when it ca it had

Norer before my assailant even had the chance to verbalize another useless threat, but when I realized who it was beneath the gray hoodie that offered no protection from the brutal cold, I stayed my hand

Because the person pointing the gun atfor Hell, he wasn’t even a he

No, I was staring into the wide-eyes of a fucking kid And a girl at that

I esti black hair was slung over one shoulder in a long braid and she earing a pair of tattered jeans I couldn’t tell what kind of footwear she had on because her feet were buried in the ankle-deep snow Several pieces of fireere scattered around her and I realized shethe wood from the side of the cabin when she’d walked around to the front and spied me

I scanned the rest of the area for other people, but no one appeared from the cabin and I didn’t see any other sets of footprints besides hers

I eased un, but didn’t put it away The girl er tohow violently her hands were shaking as she held the gun on me I estimated ereme were slim, but not impossible And I didn’t have a lot of places I could use for cover

“I’ for Allen,” I called as I held my hands out I took a couple of slow steps towards her

“Don’t move!” she screamed

I ignored the order and ever so slowly began closing the distance between us “I just came to talk to him,” I said “Do you know him?”