I'm a mountain recluse, an outlaw dodging my crew after they murdered my love.
A blizzard brings a younger woman to me—stranded, sweet, never known a man's touch.
I rescue her, and holiday solitude turns to heat.
She's pregnant with my secret, but her loose lips tip off my past.
My ex-partners corner her hotel, threatening flames if I don't show.
She's too pure, too mine to lose. I built this hideout to survive, but now it's war—her softness against their steel.
I'll shield her, our child, everything.
Christmas won't end in ashes—not while I'm still breathing.
