Page 132 of The Pacifist
“But Loki is hurt.” My voice broke.
“I’ll get him for you.” Solo walked me back to Jonah and the others before going after Loki.
A deep bark was heard in the distance and I knew it was Holger, so I whistled loud again.
My large protector came running out of the darkness and came straight to my side.
“Where’s Archer,” I asked him as if he could answer.
“Is Archer out there?” Zasquash asked with a frown. “Why the hell didn’t you tell me. He’s not a soldier.”
It hadn’t occurred to me that Archer wasn’t qualified to go after the attacker. He was one of the best fighters I’d ever seen.
“I’m sorry,” I muttered, but Zasquash had already run off and was disappearing into the darkness of the park.
“I found Loki.” Solo was carrying my small dog in his arms.”
“Is he dead?” Reaching out my arms, I took him and tears welled up when I saw the life less body of my fierce little friend. “They shot Loki.”
“Let me see him.” Finn let his hands run over the little dog. “No, he’s still alive. I’m no vet, but I can remove the bullet if you want me to.”
“Pleaaase.” My voice was brittle from tears.
“Give him to me.”
Handing Loki over to Finn as if he was a small fragile newborn, I kissed his head and whispered, “I love you so much Loki. Don’t you die on me.”
Only Jonah and I were left and he stood up from the ground and opened his arms to me.
“Come here.”
As soon as he opened his arms to me, I buried my head against his shoulder and cried.
“Is she okay?” Solo was walking past us with one of our attackers.
I gave a little nod and watched, as the soldiers rounded up a total of eleven men and sat them down in a group.
A moment later Holger, began to growl when Archer and Zasquash came out of the darkness with a man stumbling on his feet between them.
“Holger, stay here!” I commanded when he moved forward toward them. To my relief he listened.
I stood in Jonah’s arms for what felt like ten minutes while the soldiers roamed the park and shed their light into every bush.
“Area secured,” Solo finally declared and a minute later Khan and Magni came out with my golden retriever, Happy, sprinting toward me.
“Oh, I’m so glad to see that you’re okay.” I bent down and hugged the dog.
Marco and Archer came over and stood next to us. “We better leave the rest to the professionals.” Archer was referring to Zasquash, Leo, and Solo who were all police and military.
Petting Happy on his head, Marco informed us. “This guy was scratching the patio doors and barking to get our attention. We were playing cards in the ballroom when we heard noise outside.”
Happy began cleaning up Holger, by licking his friend’s mouth that still had red foam around it.
“You two did good,” I praised my dogs and decided that I’d double their treats from now on.
“Who are those men?” Jonah asked
With the man Holger had tracked down there were now twelve of them. Sitting on the ground, most of them looked down and avoided the hard stares from the armed soldiers who surrounded them. Only a few were brave enough to face Khan and Magni.
