Marty shrugged. “Course.” “See, when I said I was holding the back of the saddle? Well, na… it was all you.” Marty eyed his sister, genuinely aggrieved at the disclosure. “Ya fuckin cow. I thought you had me.” Tricia laughed, sending a hacking cough racking through her. When she’d recovered, she ...
She hadn’t left him. Whirling, jabbing her Sai, leaping and kicking, she was a lethal whirlwind of blows and strikes and death. Inches from his prone body she did what had to be done. That’s what she always did. He rolled over from his back onto his side, curled his body inward and ripped off his...
In their winter nakedness, the trees offered less cover than they might in spring, but the density of the woods, the myriad and number of trunks and interlocked branches, concealed her well enough. Her progress had slowed significantly since leaving the city, then the suburbs and entering the woo...