He thought he was stopping for a stray dog in the snow-until he saw what she was hiding beneath her body

arm under her chest and the other behind her hind legs. She weighed far less than she should have. As he lifted her, her head rolled against his shoulder, and her cold nose pressed into the collar of his shirt. That small act of surrender hit him harder than any warning growl could have.

“Okay,” he whispered. “I’ve got you.”

He set her on the passenger-side continue reading …