Chapter 17 - Death's Shroud

A dog barked or rather, roared. The sound was a deep guttural growl that felt as if it shook the house. Kree, Rhychard’s coshey, an elven hound, was the largest dog-like animal Laci knew, not that she would ever tell him to his muzzle he seemed dog-like. Kree? she sent, knowing the coshey would hear her with his telepathic abilities. Nothing. What the hell made that noise?

Laci turned to the others, but Jayden just shrugged. “Maybe the neighbors got a dog,” she suggested.

“Who knows?” their mother asked. “There’s always something new in this neighborhood.” She shifted slightly in her chair. “Now, back to what you were saying. You think the beach is a good idea?” Maria Valentine sipped her coffee as she watched her daughter.