4 After an hour of rigorous training, which involved a lot of tail-wagging, treat-eating, and begging puppy-eyes, the class came to their first break. “That’s it for the morning. Please leave the puppies here so I can conduct the first assessment on their characters. There’s tea and coffee in the cafeteria, and you can get something to eat as well.” “We have to leave our dogs?” Sam asked, reluctant to leave Shadow alone with all the other puppies. She didn’t know them, but from the looks of it, one of the blaze hellhounds seemed pretty aggressive. Carla nodded. “Yes, but they’ll be supervised the entire time. Don’t worry. Class will resume after lunch.” “Alright…” Samantha bowed down to give Shadow a couple of pets and unclicked the lead. “Behave, okay?” “Awrr?” Shadow tipped her hea

