Redemption: Chapter 1
I exhaled slowly seeing the white steam get caught up in the wind and blow away from me. Snow blanketed the ground, fresh from overnight, changing the bleak winter landscape into a faerie land. The sun had not risen yet, and a moon still hung high in the sky, rushing off on its way while a pink and orange glow to the east announced the sun’s imminent arrival.
The fresh deer tracks in the snow before me and a small pile of droppings marked the spot that the buck had rested for a moment. I knew I was close. I could sense him near me, ahead in the sparse gathering of tall trees that resembled giant skeletons that wore a coat of white. Their leaves had long blown away by the rough winter.
I stopped and crouched down behind a large fallen tree. The buck’s hooves clacked
