Two Packs, One Hearth

The road to Grimwood was dressed in winter’s finest.

Snow-laced pines lined the mountain pass, their branches bowing under white crowns that glittered in the morning sun. The sky was a clean, impossible blue, the kind that only appeared after a long, cold night—sharp, bright, and full of promise. Hoofprints and tire tracks crisscrossed the path ahead, evidence that Grimwood had been busy prepari