St George getting shot in the teeth

He brought up the flashlight and a gunshot thundered in the room. The round struck his front teeth, right on the left incisor, and made his gums throb. The flashlight and the bullet dropped to the carpet. He brought his hand up to press it against his lips. “Son of a *****,” he said, “that stings.”

Excerpt From Ex-Purgatory, pg 507
Peter Clines
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