Chapter 32

Hestia was with Padraig? Sometimes, Padraig took her with him and for whatever reason, she’d been there now.

Yes. She saw him go in and not come out. Howled her head off in the car to alert people.

Francis smiled. She’s a good dog.

Yeah, she might’ve saved his life.

And there went the smile. He frowned, and typed I thought it wasn’t that bad?

No, but I think the perp bolted when they heard her. Who knows if they’d beaten him up worse without her? Then, before Francis could reply, a hasty But I might be just speculating came through.

In any case, I’m glad she was there. Did Kaos seem okay? It was a stupid question, wasn’t it?

He will be. He’s stronger than he looks.

Well that was a weird statement from someone who had the queerphobia ingrained so deeply into his psyche. Again, Francis didn’t have time to react, before Mark sent another message.

He said you’re moving into town?

And there it was, the reason for all this rambling about what had happened in Acker that night.