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

Atlas’s ears went flat. Grant turned toward the access road just as headlights burst through the timber.

The truck came fast.

It was not trying to park. It was coming at them.

Grant shoved Atlas toward the trees and dove the other way. The truck’s grille tore through the space between them, close enough that the wash of air struck Grant’s shoulder as continue reading …