Chapter Seventeen
Ty
I gasped, flinging myself backward away from the glowing eyes. But as I pushed away from the creature, I backed into a tree that was behind me. I closed my eyes, half-sobbing, waiting for the attack.
And felt a large tongue licking my face.
I reached up with my hand and felt a furry body. A big one. I wished I had a flashlight, some way to really see. And someone must have read my mind because at that moment the moon came out from behind the clouds and shone down on a large German shepherd who was giving me dog kisses.
Relief flooded me and I put my face down in the dog’s fur and finally let the tears fall that I’d been holding back the last couple of days. It was so good not to be alone. Being so completely alone … that was what was tough to handle.
The dog must
