Prequel Novella
You can run from the past, but you cant hide.
Merit Reid had and lost it all. When her baby sister died, it set off a chain of events that set fire to her world. She dropped out of med school, lost her apartment, and hasnt spoken to her father since the funeral.
The two things she gained? A psychotic feline and a job at a national park that pays just enough to keep her and the cat in a shabby studio in a bad neighborhood. And she only got the job because a park ranger stumbled on her losing her mind in the forest and took pity on her.
When Merit finds that same ranger and her sole confidant for the last three months murdered in the most brutal way imaginable, shes ready to give up on the whole damn world. Bury herself in blankets with a tub of ice cream and hide from life, her hateful cat included.
But then the same bumbling cops who dropped the ball on her sisters investigation show up, and Merit cant let it go. She cant let them fumble this case.
She has to take it into her own hands to track the killer down.