Chapter 82

Katie's POV

“Is he going to be okay?” I ask Jared over and over again as I look at Cephus’s lifeless body.

My body is still shaking. I’m scared to death. Never in my life have I been shot at until I met Cephus. I’ve only shot a gun a couple times with my dad.

He wanted me to know how to shoot in case someone ever attacked me. I don’t think this was the type of attack he meant when he taught me, though.

“He’ll be fine. We need to get to the cabin, then I can remove the bullet, so he can heal.” Jared is calm...