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

but simple was not the same as right.

Bennett stepped half a pace closer. “Truck. Now.”

Crowley left with his men trailing him like smoke.

When the driveway was empty again, Cal shut the door and locked it. The adrenaline left him slowly, leaking out through his hands, his knees, the back of his neck. Scout turned away from the door and went to the crate.continue reading …