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

wolf appeared on the rise, no sign arrived to make grief neat or beautiful or easy to retell.

June closed the notebook.

“But I wish you’d asked.”

She slipped it back into her coat and walked toward Grant, placing each foot carefully over the crusted snow. Behind her, the granite hollow returned to being only rock and shadow.

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