Chapter 3
When Pastor Schmader told him the son was coming, only two reasons kept Andre from running.
One. Mellowbush was still safe. He’d made it through one full moon without another howl to be heard. As far as he could tell, Perry had no inkling he was anywhere close.
Two. Amy Durling needed him. With no blood family around to care for her, Andre couldn’t abandon her until he had no other choice.
Thomas Durling’s arrival made him wonder if his last option had just been taken away from him.
He’d seen pictures but they were all a decade old, evidence of more youthful times. The image he’d learned was a tall, rangy young man, dark hair a little too long, blue eyes laughing as much as his ready smile. Not a single picture where Thomas wasn’t smiling. Even the candids had dancing eyes o
