Soldier's Heart: a Wounded Love novel by Megan Green

Author:Megan Green [Green, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wounded Heart Series
Published: 2016-03-29T06:00:00+00:00

“C’mon, Jasper. C’mon, buddy.”

I turn from where I’m brushing Lucy and smile at Isaiah as I watch him lead Jasper through the obstacle course. He’s the only one Jasper will listen to anymore. In the three months since the night he spent at my house and Jasper soothed his panic attack, the two have formed an incredible bond even I didn’t see coming. It melts my heart watching them together.

Jasper tries to squeeze under a bar and knocks it loose. Isaiah laughs and quickly moves to right it so they can try again. That’s another thing. My little puppies. They aren’t so little anymore. I turn back to face Lucy, running the smooth bristles of the brush over her thickening coat. Each of them has almost doubled in size over the past few months. Where the top of their heads used to barely reach my knee, now she stands at my mid-thigh. This is our third litter. It’s not like I didn’t know they were going to get so big so fast, but still, I wish they’d stay little forever.

You sound like a mom talking about her babies. I hear Joey’s mocking voice in my head whenever I voice this thought. He loves to tease me. But I know he wishes the same thing. Besides, I kind of am a mother with her babies, or maybe it’s more like grandmother with her grand babies, seeing as how I consider Maggie my baby. Whichever—these dogs all have a special place in my heart, and as much as I love what I do and providing service dogs to those in need, a small part of me goes with each of those dogs. Joey always says it’s a good thing I have such a big heart, otherwise I wouldn’t have anything left. But watching this litter grow and change, it makes me wonder how much longer I can do this. I’m pretty sure when these ones go, I won’t have anything left. These five dogs will take the last shreds of my heart with them, leaving a tiny fragment behind to keep me going for my Maggie girl.

Jasper gives a small yip behind me, pulling me from my thoughts. I turn, just in time to see the dog leap into Isaiah’s arms. Isaiah hugs him tightly, scratching his ears and doling out praise, while Jasper eagerly tries to lick his face, his tail wagging furiously. And like that, my heavy heart lightens. Knowing my dogs are going to men like Isaiah, that they will be loved and cherished just as much, if not more, than they would’ve been here…well it truly reminds me why I do what I do.

It was determined a few weeks ago Jasper would go to Isaiah. He still has close to six months of his training left, but I’m thinking about bending the rules this one time. When Isaiah leaves each night, Jasper mopes around for at least an hour, staring longingly at the door and jumping at even the slightest sound from outside.

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