Bearly Gold

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>On Earth Pact no species is as feared as the Impundulu shifters of the United Wake of Benekal. For Fayola a veteran nearing the end of her compulsory military service being a soldier had never been more than reluctant duty. As she prepares for her final special operation her goal remains the same: Complete her mission so she can return home to her father. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(254 254 254 1); color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Tasked with rescuing a humanitarian doctor from a war zone but not the orphaned children under her care Fayola must decide how much she is willing to risk for the future she deserves. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(254 254 254 1); color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Jwahir a human in a nation of warring shifters finds herself holed up in a medical clinic with other orphans praying for a miracle or a painless death. But when an Impundulu soldier arrives stoic and determined but with a reserved tenderness she tries to hide Jwahir knows she has met her Dela Eden-her savior. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(254 254 254 1); color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>However people are not always who they seem and crimes against children are too often ignored. For Jwahir her true test of bravery begins not in a medical clinic in a war-ravaged country but in a bear shifter's cabin home in a peaceful forest. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(254 254 254 1); color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>For Fayola twenty-five years of retirement planning changes in the blink of an innocent child's golden-brown eyes. But what will she do when her goodwill pact goes horribly wrong?</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Content Warnings: on-page sex between consenting adults on-page/implied child death implied child sexual assault talk of/threatening child physical assault talk of suicide talk of drug use talk of sex slaves </strong></p>