He thought he was checking out illegal logging in the Idaho mountains-until he found a German Shepherd locked in a frozen cage, staring at him like it had been waiting for exactly one person

that kind of clean satisfaction. Men who had worked for Stonecross stood with their hands in their pockets, wondering what would happen to spring contracts. Families watched from idling cars. Ray signed forms on the hood of his SUV, his face tired but steady.

Victory, Grant knew, was often just the day consequences finally became visible.

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