Originally Published on Kindle Vella. Mikel’s family has always struggled. Now that he’s been caught stealing, the elders intend to make an example of him. He’s to be offered to the wolf god Torak, and most of the village is sure he’ll be eaten. But a friend tells Mikel not to be afraid, to trust to the higher powers. Mikel believes nothing good waits for him in the woods, but when the great wolf comes to claim him, everything changes forever. 12,300-word novella