Chapter 3 · free to read
Three seconds. That was how long it took a good man's whole world to crack down the middle.
He was old enough to know the difference between a lie and a mercy. He wasn't sure this was either.
By lamplight she learned that alpha flesh knits fast — but not fast enough to outrun what was coming.
The lookout did what lookouts do. He looked. And he wished to God he hadn't.
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