SUBZERO

My best friend, Liam Mattison, was born with snow in his veins.Me? Ice.Maybe that&rsquo,s why my eyes are this color. Maybe it&rsquo,s because I was born in Caribou, where there&rsquo,s more snow than sun.I always knew I had a chill within me, but after my time with the army, that chill froze over. I saw and did things most people couldn&rsquo,t fathom. I made contacts with people who were more beast than man.I came home altered, and there was no going back.Except I did. It had to be done, and I didn&rsquo,t regret it.But now I&rsquo,m thrust back into a world where people had forgotten my name. Back into a past I walked away from.Memories of all the things I&rsquo,ve done, of the people I&rsquo,ve left behind, are floating to the surface.The late-night summons wasn&rsquo,t really unexpected.The request was.Saying no is impossible when you&rsquo,re the only man equipped for the job. Saying no is difficult when what you really want to say is yes.So here I am, past and present colliding with a woman I intentionally left behind. A woman who needs me to keep her alive.I made a promise, and I will keep it.Even if I die doing it. Even if it means the ice inside me goes subzero. ,_,