leaving the pack has consequences

When Alpha Meets Omega

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Chapter 35: leaving the pack has consequences

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The rest of the week passed uneventfully.

By the fourth day, the dog’s leg was so healed that he was stepping through the brace of the splint and jumping up and down on his own, every time.

It worried Clyde, but also comforted him that he clearly wasn’t in pain. He’d convinced himself that second night that he’d simply overblown the level of injury.

Maybe a blood vessel had been nicked, or some other explanation for the truly horrible amount of gore that still flashed behind closed eyes when he wasn’t paying attention.

Clyde’s attachment to the dog grew steadily by the day. Between sleeping in the bed next to him, keeping him company while he worked in the yard or the kitchen, and the occasional act of service Cookie provided, Clyde was dreading the vet visit.

Not only would he have to admit to Nathaniel that he’d gotten jumpy about the injuries- which were clearly surface wounds, if a week’s care cleared t