You ain’t scarin’ me, he wanted to say, but he’d be lying. He stood up fully and nodded at her, following her movement with his eye. “I don’t wanna… I don’t wanna hurt a kid. They’re protected by the She-Devil… Lead the way.”
Loretta nudged him ahead, not wanting the creep skittering about behind her. “You go first. Im keeping my etes on you.”












