Chapter 3 · free to read
Three seconds. That was how long it took a good man's whole world to crack down the middle.
A bear was the easiest thing to say. It was also the first thing he had said that night that was not true.
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.
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