Girl On a Slay Ride (2012)
“He remembered the gun and he ran the flat of his hand over the dirty floor. There was nothing there but rodents’ litter. He pushed himself to his knees. The stove draft was open in front and flickering light splashed out. The room came slowly into focus.
Even before he looked, he knew that Graef and Thoms were gone. He could feel the emptiness. He knew before he really looked that Denise was gone too.
He caught the edge of the shelf and pulled himself to his feet. His head throbbed. He could feel the stiffness of drying blood on his neck. He looked carefully toward the window. He saw the splash of moonlight outside and he could hear the warm wind whipping against the window, but the rain had stopped. Broken clouds scudded across the sky, letting the moonlight through in full force so that he could see the trail at the foot of the steps. The snow was almost gone.
He heard the movement on the porch. He felt along the shelf and closed his fingers over the handle of his hunting knife lying there.
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