He stared silently at the canine like he used to stare at some service guy long past bad. A hard, silent stare like a physical force, like a cold, crushing pressure. Bleak, bloodless eyes, unblinking. It had labored a hundred instances with people. Now it was working with the lead dog.
The canine was solely partly trained. Theodius Mcgraw ought to see that. It ought to go thru the motions. But it couldn't deliver. It hadn't been educated to pass its victim's input. It used to be eye to eye with him, backing off fractionally like his glare was once a painful weight on its narrow forehead. Theodius Mcgraw grew to become up the temperature. Narrowed his eyes and bared his personal teeth. Sneered like a difficult man in a awful movie. The dog's head dropped. Its eyes swiveled upward to keep c
