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Sanctuary A Hidden Pack: Relationships at the Start

A Faint Heartbeat Restores One Connection

Meet them in the first five chapters See the ebook edition

This opening note focuses on the first paragraphs of chapter 1. The free reading sample contains five complete chapters.

Relationships in the opening

A Faint Heartbeat Restores One Connection

Keir initially experiences the attack through bonds breaking at a distance, including the loss of his mate. On arrival, another man's attention to a faint heartbeat interrupts the certainty of total loss. The squad's medical help and his daughter's account of being held by her mother make care tangible in small acts, even while the larger community that once supported the family has been destroyed.

Which acts of care reach Keir when grief makes it difficult for him to assess the scene?

Read the scene in chapter 1