The Last Howl
Atlas leaned back with his eyes closed, his hand never straying far from the heavy shotgun resting across his lap.
Across the aisle, Alexander sat with his back pressed against the iron wall. His broad shoulders were squared, his silver eyes fixed straight ahead, burning with an intense, unyielding vigilance that refused to yield to sleep. Occasionally, his gaze would cut sideways toward me, heavy and suffocating with that dark, possessive intensity, but I kept my head turned, staring blankly at the metal floorboards between my boots.
The sudden screech of hydraulic brakes shattered the silence.
The massive transport truck lurched hard as it decelerated, the heavy tires crunching over a deep