Read from THE DOG LOVERS......
A thriller set in Nags Harbor, New York.... a quiet safe town, until this summer. Read the new novel by John B. Dolan. The Dog Lovers will bite into you with terror and suspense. What is happening in this quiet loving bayside town?
Taken from Chapter One:
The
dog trotted past Amanda straight to the backdoor. At the house the excited dog began to yelp
loudly.
“Quiet.” Amanda hushed in a deep whisper. “What has gotten into you? You’re a bad little boy. Bad dog, quiet.”
A
deep steady growl called out from the blackness. The animal sound was raw and chilling. Amanda felt naked standing in the yard. She wrapped her arms around her chest and
stepped for the backdoor to get in.
Muffin
remained at the opened doorway with the light from inside casting a glow behind
him. The dog let out a grunted warning
growl.
At
the edge of the patio, Amanda called for Muffin to behave, “No treats for you. Bad----.”
She
was interrupted. Without warning, she
was struck across the back and flung down.
The young woman face first bounced hard onto the brick patio. Her jaw met the ground, her front tooth broke,
and blood poured.
Amanda
didn’t move immediately, her heart pounded, she was stunned. Her mind took a moment to recover, unsure if
she tripped or was pushed.
The
young woman swallowed the thick liquid accumulating in her mouth, she tasted
her own blood.
“Noooo.”
She simply wanted to be inside.
A
sudden sharp pain attacked her thigh holding her like a vice-grip. The agony dug through her skin deep into the
muscle. Pain raced across her body
reaching her lips. She sent out a high
pitched scream, a pleading cry that whined into the black night.
Amanda
was dragged forcefully back, back a few inches, and then a few more, tugged
away from the house. The thrusts
backwards were quick, like a bobber plunging under the water after a big fish
took the bait.
Struggling
on her belly she grabbed for the ground dragged her fingers along the brick
edge desperate to hold on. The woman spitting
blood from her screaming lips begged for the strength to keep her in place. All she wanted was to hold on.
Muffin
a few yards away panted and watched. The
longhaired dog calmly looked on.
Amanda
at the edge of the patio felt her leg released.
The pain remained, but she was released.
She quickly reached out for the near-by barbecue grill that stood on the
patio and grabbed hold of one of the steel legs.
Trembling,
panting for air, the girl held on for life.
Confused, frightened, alone, she checked behind her hoping to understand
what was happening. In a flash there was
a swift darkness that grabbed at her throat and held her. She felt searing pain and gasped taking the
wet hot thick air in. There was no time
to scream as her life was snapped away.
Muffin with tongue panting stood at
the opened doorway. With no care, the
pet stood witness as the girl disappeared into the night.
