Pucking the Captain
I shoved Coach’s head back against the ice, launched myself off his chest, and dove for the gun.
My fingers closed around the cold, heavy steel just as Coach scrambled to his knees, reaching for the knife again.
I rolled onto my back, brought the heavy stock of the shotgun up, and pulled the trigger.
The blast in the enclosed space of the woods was apocalyptic.
Coach’s chest caved in, the force of the buckshot throwing him backward into the snow. He didn’t even scream.
He just hit the ground, his eyes wide and unseeing, the blood pooling dark and thick against the pristine white frost.