Brendan makes the worst discovery of his adult life; Steven is missing. Before he can even start looking he arrested for a crime he would never commit. Meanwhile, a man is drifting in and out of conciousness, his dreams haunted by the great black cat he wants to protect him.

A small boy runs away from his mother's wake, only to meet some frightening teenagers in the woods he'd wanted to hide in. But there was worse out in the woods, a creature that found the boy appealing, wanting to claim him as its own. Rating for later chapters. Sterek.

Companion piece to Marble Eye's story of the same name. Brendan walks a lonely road, lost and alone.

Some fluffy smutty fluffy smut. Warning: pure filth and beware the bondage. Stendan, naturally.