During A Violent Storm, A Woman Sheltered Four Wolves — By Morning, Her Home Was Unrecognizable

frost that had dried on the floorboards, the compressed shapes in the rug where two of them had slept, the faint wild smell that lingered in the air. If I had not known they had been there, I might have convinced myself I had dreamed it.

I stood in the middle of the room and turned slowly, taking inventory.

Then I saw the hallway.

The floorboards had continue reading …