First Came Trust

A chance meeting on a beach. A last-minute rescue. Secret pledges and disapproving family members. These are the things that make a great love story.

But this isn't a love story -- not yet.

With Lilah's life on the line, ey will take the chance that Noble Bethania offers em. But with that chance comes risk. Love may come later, but first, they will need to trust.

First Came Trust is a short story with a HFN ending.

Content notes
torture, pronouns are private, pups need packs, consensual noncon (nonsexual), collars FTW, Dalma isn't having any of it, Lilah wants to be a martyr, ey has good reasons for it, Bethania has better reasons not to, dehydration is bad, how did Lilah get bit anyway?, queer characters, welcome home