[BOOK 1 of 3] Haley Hunsiker: a curious cat who once failed her friend. Now, newly reconciled, she will never fail him again. If it takes her being silent, takes her mating with a maniac to stay in the tribe, takes her destroying her curiosity, then so be it. If she has to put a lid on her unnatural, unstable love, then so be it. So be it. [Under serious revision. Revised chapters labelled "[R]". Beware of possible inconsistencies with unrevised chapters.] TW: Violent/graphic content. Depictions of SA and DV. Human/Ape romance.

A girl is sent up to the dam to work on it when she has a run in with death, only to be saved by none other than an ape. When her camp is destroyed, and Caesar offers sanctuary in his home while she works, what happens when a bond forms between her and Caesar's oldest son, Blue Eyes? [Rated M for later chapters]

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