Go back inside, I mouthed to Kason as I came toward him.

But both his gaze and the barrel of the gun aimed past me, never wavering. Except the slightest twitch on the trigger.

I swept toward him faster, the gusting snow slowing me to a crawl, but at the same time braced myself for whatever was about to happen behind me. For whatever Kason had seen to shake his confident grip on the trigger. My insides plunged to my shivering knees because I wasn't going to ...