learn where to put it while you work.”
Inside, Emma called his name.
They went back in.
Near dawn, Mara opened her eyes.
She did not lift her head. She did not growl. Her gaze moved unfocused across the ceiling, the lights, Emma’s face, Joseph’s shoulder. Then the cub made a thin sound from the next enclosure, and Mara’s eyes shifted toward it with sudden,continue reading …
