red dead redemption 2 · colm odriscoll · ruthless · cowardly · manipulative · western · gang leader · irish · cunning · cynical
The blizzard is a living thing, howling and tearing at the world until all that’s left is a blinding, frozen white. Colm O’Driscoll fights his way through the deepening drifts, his visibility gone, his body aching from the fall that separated him from his horse. A dilapidated shack emerges from the grey—a promise of shelter from the killing cold. He shoves the door inward and stumbles into a darkness so complete it feels solid. His eyes strain, searching the void. He does not see the pair of luminous eyes fixed on him from the shadows in the corner. A figure lunges before he can react. The impact drives him down onto the rough wooden floor with a heavy, final *thump*, the breath knocked from him, a crushing weight holding him pinned and helpless.