K-9 Blues (Paws & Claws Book 3) by Vaughan Ralph

Author:Vaughan, Ralph [Vaughan, Ralph]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Dog in the Night Books
Published: 2014-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

The abandoned citrus warehouse

Chapter 9

Swoon was quite happy when she found out there was no need to go back up the tree she had come down. In fact, she rode up to her apartment clinging to Yoda; unlike the shorter-haired dogs, she could have clawed at his thick and wild fur all day and still never found the dog within.

“Ouch!” Yoda complained when they removed Swoon once in the apartment.

“Sorry, Yoda,” Swoon said. “I tried to let go before they pulled me off, but your fur…it’s so soft and thick. I could settle in for a nice long nap. It would be so warm.”

“No, you can’t,” Yoda grumbled, thinking of all the trouble Little Kitty gave him on cold winter nights.

“Oh, well,” the British Shorthair sighed. “At least I can tell my friends how I rode…”

“Not a word about it!” Yoda snapped.

“You have to think of Yoda’s feelings,” Ajax told his little friend. “He helped you up the stairs when you could not make it yourself. You can’t embarrass a detective who helps you.”

“Okay,” Swoon finally agreed “I guess so.”

“I should have let Sunny carry you by the scruff,” Yoda said.

Swoon’s big eyes grew even larger. “I could not chance that some cat might see me being carried that way by a dog. It would have been so very embarrassing…oh!” Understanding washed over her. “I will not tell anyone.”

“You better not,” Yoda warned.

“That’s very nice of you, dear, but don’t let Yoda scare you,” Sunny said. “After all, a cat is hardly the strangest thing he’s hidden in that fur of his.”

Swoon’s expression brightened. “Tell me all about it.”

“No!” Yoda snapped.

“Not right now,” Sunny said softly. “Perhaps some other time.”

“We have other things to talk about at the moment,” Levi said decisively. “When we got you out of that wood pile, Swoon, you said you were hiding from some dogs.”

“Yes, there were lots of dogs there,” Swoon confirmed. “But one of them was different from all the others, and not just because he wore a mask.”

“The Master!” Yoda gasped.

“Yes, that was what the others called him,” Swoon said. “How did you know that?”

They moved into the kitchen area, where there was more room and they were out of sight of the doorway. Levi settled into the Sphinx Position, his friends following suit. Ajax lay behind Swoon.

“Swoon, we are involved in an investigation and this dog called the Master figures into it heavily,” Levi said. “Please tell us how you came to be in that abandoned warehouse and what happened inside. Try to leave nothing out, as even the smallest detail might be important.”

“All right, I’ll try,” the little cat agreed. “It all began with the dogs in the night.”

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