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

a narrow infected band that opened with every step. Cinder was dehydrated, underweight, and exhausted from three days near the lake followed by his attempt to return through the swamp.

Elise scanned the chip near his shoulder.

The reader beeped.

“Same animal,” she said. “M-32.”

Nora touched the air near the old scar without touching him. “Cinder.”

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