Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5)

by James S.A. Corey

There had been stick moons—which her parents called platforms—as long as Cara could remember. At night, they’d glowed with reflected sunlight like burnt orange bones,

Drunk on her own despair, Cara didn’t make the connection between the moons and the dogs. Not until much later, when her brother, Xan, was already dead.

The worst that could happen was she’d die. The dogs would fix her.

What a line to end on.