No Place for a Dame
“The white-and-tan terrier he’d become the unwilling owner of alternately slunk along and fought the rope the lad had tied around her neck. He had no idea what he was going to do with her but right now she was coming with him.As he headed deeper into the city, away from the docks, a squat, hairy man detached himself from the shadows and followed Giles into a twisting lane. Little light penetrated its narrow confines, the cobbles buckling under his feet. At his side, the terrier bitch emitted a l...ow, throaty growl. Giles stepped back, pulling her with him behind the skeletal remnants of a long abandoned, wheelless cart, and waited. A moment later, the hulking shadow passed him. Giles stepped out behind him.“Why are you following me?”The man jumped and spun, peering into the gloom. Giles recognized him as the boy’s father and former owner of the dog at his feet. She’d drawn her lips back in a silent snarl.“Bloody ’ell. You gimme a start lurking back there.”“Again, why are you following me?”He was as stupid as he was brutish.MoreLess
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