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

crew guard dog, who knows. But somebody trained him. Somebody used him.” Jenna looked back at the dog, and her voice dropped. “Then somebody left him in a cage to die.”

The Shepherd closed his eyes for the first time since Grant had found him. It lasted only a moment. When a log settled in the stove, his eyes opened again.

Jenna gave him antibiotics,continue reading …