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CHAPTER 7 — The Wolf Returns
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2026-02-02 07:30:21That night, I latched the garage window so hard my fingers hurt. Once, twice. Checking it the way you check a door after a nightmare, the way you check your own skin for bruises, you swear you can still feel. The little metal catch clicked into place with a sharp finality, and I stood there staring at it as if the sound could rewrite what had happened.
A rational person would’ve told herself: A wounded animal found its way out. You helped. It left. End of story.
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