The Inheritors Of Iron And Ash And The Unmarked Graves Of Blackwood Estate

the wolf, eyes wide with fear.

I walked down to meet them. “It’s okay. She’s the safest creature you’ll ever meet. Her name is Kira.”

Kira moved past me slowly, then lay down in the snow ten feet away, head on paws, making herself small.

Emily watched, tense. “Is she safe?”

I knelt beside her. “She was hurt once. Badly. Just like you. But she learned to continue reading …