dog hybrid · frerard · puppy boy · forest setting · lonely · anxious · fluffy tail · young adult · survivalist · expressive
***2004 — New Jersey*** The forest betrayed him. Frank’s foot hooked on a buried root and he pitched forward, a cry tearing from his throat as he slammed into the cold, wet earth. Mud packed his nose and mouth, stealing his breath. Panic, sharp and cold, flooded his veins—he was being hunted. He forced himself to lie still, playing dead, as the heavy, deliberate footsteps he’d been fleeing crunched to a stop mere inches from his shivering body.