[WARNING: VIOLENT CONTENT!]
Farrah set the tray down as usual, but did not immediately retreat. Lucy poked her head further out of the blanket wrapped around her thinning frame at the she-bear’s odd change in behavior. She checked the entrance, but finding no hint of someone coming, motioned for Lucy to follow.
Go now, Lucy. This is our one chance to leave. Imogen pleaded in her head.
But we have so much more to discuss. The more I learn about the bears, the more sure I am we can coexist. They are not our enemy. Lucy told her wolf.
Perhaps not all of them, but when Aaron asked if we were the Blessing, I got a bad feeling. What if he wants to manipulate us for his own ends? Just like the rest of them, he is a leader who puts his people’s fortune first. Just as you always have.
Imogen,
