The Wolf Sat Beside the Lake for Three Days, and No One Understood Why

your trail twice.”

“He may have liked packed snow.”

“He stayed hungry beside the lake.”

Grant did not answer immediately. He looked toward the ridge through the young pines, where the land rolled north and disappeared into unbroken forest.

“That part is harder to explain,” he said.

June looked at the scarred root again. “Maybe I don’t need to explain it.continue reading …