Chapter 892: Vengeance

Madeline finally cleared her throat and went on, though she no longer gave so many details. Her words came faster. "The poacher took the fox and her four kits back to the village to skin them. The kits had been starving for days and kept crying, this thin, miserable sound that made your heart twist. The vixen heard and wouldn't stop keening. She tried to break free to get close to them, but she was wounded, bleeding badly, with no strength left. She struggled anyway. The rope bit into her flesh....