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

The nails clicked once on the porch boards.

The pale man finally spoke. “Dog looks hurt.”

Grant turned his eyes on him. “He is.”

“I mean that leg.” The man smiled without warmth. “Wouldn’t want it getting worse.”

Grant let the silence settle where the threat had landed. He did not raise his voice. “You have ten seconds to get off my property.”

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