Stray Dogs Gin Novels & Stories

We made it until 4 in the afternoon before we headed back to the shelter. "Hey guys, you're here? Mad, look what we've got here," Cassy held up two white puppies. "Beautiful puppies, right?" She walks close to Maddox, showing the adorable puppies. The puppies are clean and well-groomed and don't look like street dogs with no owners, although they are ASPINs, the usual street dogs in the Philippines. I have a terrible feeling about Cassy bringing puppies who have owners that just roam around the neighborhood. They don't look hungry either.

Sniffing the air, I immediately knew who the scent belonged to. A stray dog? I almost chased after the sound, but I didn’t have much time to act because six stray dogs appeared in front of me, smiling through their teeth while their dark eyes stared at me from head to toe.

Wild dogs roamed amidst them, and Ruth growled, the hairs on her back standing up, clearly on edge. Vendors pushed carts in the mud, many selling pints of gin. From the looks of the crowd, it seemed most people partook. The crowd jostled each other roughly, and most of them looked drunk. Another roar rose up, and Caitlin looked up and saw the sign hanging over the stadium: “Bear Baiting.” She felt sick to her stomach. Was this society really so cruel?

Right beside the door we had come from was a plastic tub filled with metal dog bowls that looked as if they had just been tossed inside and forgotten. I was confused as to what they were to serve as until I saw someone walking back with one in her hands, filled with water from the tyre. It was the only source of water I could see in the bleak landscape. “Dog bowls” Strangles huffed when he looked at them “how cute.” “At least we’re in town again” I shrugged and tilted my head to the bars, which revealed the main road only a few metres from us where more uniformed people stood. They were armed with guns, to form a human barricade.

Trading on the Perrone family's deep pockets, Karina won three pieces of antique jewelry one after another. With every fall of the hammer she made a point of looking toward my box and lifting her paddle in a show of triumph, wearing the look of someone certain of victory. Eli stayed silent the whole time and never once raised a paddle, only resting his fingertips against his jaw, his gaze fixed on me throughout. That gaze was a heavy thing, and it left a dull ache pressing in my chest. "So it turns out some dogs come around just to have a sniff." Karina laughed out loud and raised her voice to mock me, drawing a wave of jeering laughter.

Painful and tired, I opened the truck's canvas again, and jumped on the floor, activating the presence sensor of your garage again. I didn't enter the house, even though I saw through the windows that Flynn was crossing the living room and heading towards the kitchen doors. He held a bottle in his hands, and even in the distance the smell of strong and aged alcohol reached my nostrils. He let go of his dog's collar as he passed by and then sat on one of the chairs in front of the pool, opening the bottle that I identified as whiskey, and turning into a big sip. The dog ran towards me, barking happily, and when he noticed that I was not in the slightest spirit, he ran all over the property, p

Settled inside with the partition down between us and Jeff, the driver calls back to me, "Ma'am, where are we heading to this evening?" "Oh, um, it's Mila, and Hotel Sorella at the City Centre." Jeff raises the glass, leaving me and Mr. Masters alone in the dimly lit space. "Mila. That's a beautiful name. I'm sorry I haven't given you mine. I'm Tyler." He leans over, extending his hand. When I reach out to shake it, he gently kisses my knuckles, never breaking eye contact. I smile broadly. "It's nice to meet you, Tyler."

Instead, I stand my ground, shifting my grip on the bowl until my fingers ache with the effort of not trembling. “If you’re worried about contamination,” I say, “maybe don’t breathe.” It’s a cheap shot, but it lands. His face goes red, then settles into a look that says he’s already decided how I’ll pay for it later. He leans in, so close I smell the morning’s coffee and the faint, metallic tang of blood on his breath. “Don’t test me, Stray,” he whispers. “You won’t like the answer.” I stare him down, not blinking. The wolf in me wants to bare its own teeth, but I clamp down, show nothing but boredom.

“No, nothing. I mean, I found a stray dog, but that’s about it.” “A stray?” The way she said the words made it sound as if Gail told her she picked up a hitchhiker. “Gail, you know those animals aren’t safe. Who knows what kind of history they have. So many dogs there are scarred with trauma. They are like ticking time bombs.”

“This one here is our pet dog, a very rare breed. It’s only found in our region, almost extinct. That’s why people don’t know much about it. This is one of its kind.” ‘WHEN CAN I KILL YOU? You made me a pet, a fucking dog?’ I yell through our mind link. As they continue this absurd conversation, my beast continues to think of all the ways we will torture Giovanni before killing him. “No, No, I don’t want to touch it.” Omerta moves back as she says that, and my beast is furious, and I almost keep it from growling. My agitated beast is fuming because this stray doesn’t want to touch us, and he thinks she doesn’t find him attractive. WOW, just WOW.