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He had to get to her.

He looked up the cliff. “Theresa? I’m on my way up.”

No answer. Snow fell heavily, and the wind beat against him. For every step, he slid back three. Where was she? A shiver of fear brushed his spine. “Theresa? You there?”

All he heard in response was a scream for help that filled his heart with dread. Theresa was in danger.

“Hold on! I’m coming!”

He scrambled to the top, his heart pounding like a fist inside his rib cage. He tried to get around the car that hovered over the cliff, but he couldn’t catch his grip.

“Alex, help!” Her voice floated on the wind.

He grabbed the twisted bumper and hoisted himself up onto the hood. The unstable car groaned beneath him, and he knew he’d have only one shot to save himself. He leaped for the branch above him at the same time the car plunged into the frozen lake.

And then he heard it. The deafening, unmistakable sound of a gunshot.