No. No.

I refused to die now when I'd come so close to saving Jade. I refused to let her die behind the closed door of the town hall. But that gunshot... My nerves trembled, and worry chewed through my gut, for her and myself.

Another man strode out of the whiteout and stopped several feet away next to a tree heavy with snow.

Lager stopped in front of me and shouted over the wind, "You have no idea how long I've waited for this day."

I ...