But f**k this son of a b***h if he thinks I’m going to go down easy.
He’s got a dark bandana tied around his jaw so all I can see is laughing green eyes and thick eyebrows. The man lines up his gun, with me square in his sights.
This is how it ends for me.
I’m too close to dodge, but too far to stop him.
I’m staring death in the barrel.
But before he can pull the trigger, there’s a blur from off to the side.
And Esme appears out of nowhere with a banshee scream.
She claws at the man’s face with her nails and angry red claw marks blaze across his cheek. The man roars in surprise and pain. I’m so overwhelmed with pride that I don’t act as fast as I normally would.
That is, until I see his eyes turn wild with rage as he turns his violent attention to my wife.
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