Chapter 278

Robin, still in his traffic cop uniform, must have just finished his shift when he dropped off Coly. “This pooch is one tough cookie, like its owner,” he said, eyeing the dog that had clearly taken a shine to him. “Smart, too. Could’ve made a fine K–9 unit.”

I crouched down, my gaze fixed on Coly, still bandaged around the belly. As I reached out, the large wolfhound bounded towards me with a wagging tail, leaping into my arms.

At that moment, flashes of my childhood flickered through my mind.

“Howler, bite him!”

“Howler, attack!”

“Howler, fetch!”

It seemed like I’d gotten up to some serious mischief with Howler back in the day.

But the details were hazy, lost in the fog of memory.

One thing I did recall was using Howler to bully Dexter when we were kids.

Thinking about it now, I could sort of understand why Dexter despised me, why he thought I was rotten to the core. But he should’ve just hated me, plain and simple. Why the act, the charade of deep affection after I was gone?

I sicked my dog on him when we were kids,

if you

me back as he

Coly’s

out the good

with ease.

been through the wringer, not a spot on him that isn’t battered.

I murmured.

killing spree is over, and hopefully, with

slipped away, as if with

police found DNA on the third victim that matched

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victims were the killers, and the

was hiding

killer turning up as a victim? That’s a first for me.” A conspiracy this organized, this

chances are high Dorian will be pegged as the final killer, but I’ve got this nagging feeling…

I knew too that it

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