# She Was Buried Beneath the Snow. He Was Buried Beneath the Truth.

Mercy’s head.

“She may have searched until she found you, then returned to protect him.”

I remembered the dog’s eyes above the snow.

I remembered the way she had looked at me before I dug.

Not surprise.

Recognition.

**I had believed I found Mercy by accident, but perhaps she had crossed a blizzard to find me first.**

“She brought us together,” Claire said.continue reading …