The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

you don’t stop loving a person when they’re hurt. You get stronger so they can lean on you. He needs me. Us.

You can’t count on anyone to save you and your children. You have to be willing to save yourselves. And you have to learn fast. In Alaska you can make one mistake. One. The second one will kill you.”

Leni felt the start of an emotion so new she couldn’t categorize it.

In a split second, less time than it took to exhale a breath, that wolf could claim its nature and turn, fangs bared. It was exhausting to worry all the time, to study Dad’s every movement and the tone of his voice.