Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann

Author:Kristen Heitzmann
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Christian fiction, Christian, Colorado, American Mystery & Suspense Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction, Fiction - General, Mystery fiction, General & Literary Fiction, Suspense, Christian - Suspense, General, Religious
ISBN: 9781400073092
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2010-09-15T23:53:25.388000+00:00

Jonah pocketed his phone. Tia was found, safe and stubborn. He’d made the right call. He relaxed his muscles, working the tension from his neck. Having seen Sarge to bed, he let Enola out once more before she settled in for the night. Her wary eyes and scabby side reminded him how short the time had been since she’d dragged herself into his yard.

He had to agree this might not be her first sojourn in the human world. Maybe she’d been bred intentionally like the wolf hybrids. Leaving the outside door open, he went back to the closet and looked at the little, lumpy pups. He didn’t want to swipe them, didn’t know why Liz had insisted he bring them over tonight. Being there when the eyes opened might matter, but that was at least a week off.

With a sigh, he lifted and sexed each one. Two females, one male. He turned the last in his hands and studied the face. They looked more like rodents than dogs. No way to tell, yet, if she’d been mated by a coyote or a domestic dog. How could he even think of turning two of them over to a woman who thought she could pattern them like ducklings? She wanted to mother them into pets, but it just—

Jay tapped the door. “The vet’s here.”

Right now?

She came into the room, her coat and hair slushy, her face determined. “You promised me puppies.”

He still cradled one in his hands. “I think it’s too soon, Liz.”

“You’ll have the same concerns six weeks from now, and I’ll have lost the chance for patterning.”

She cast her gaze around the room he had almost invited her into the other night. That misstep gave her leverage and she knew it, yet in the midst of her resolve, he still sensed her awkwardness, a naiveté that didn’t match the outward boldness.

She looked into his face. “We had a deal.”

“I know.” He nodded. “I was going to bring them to you.”

“Sure you were.” She half smiled and looked at her watch.

“Tonight got busy.”

“So I’m saving you the trip.”

He nestled the one he held against his chest. “Those two are female, I think.” He nodded toward the closet. If she was determined to have them, they’d better move quickly before Enola returned. “You have something to carry them in?”

She fetched a small carrier from the floor of the hall, checked them over and confirmed his guess, then loaded them in. “This is an opportunity for nurture to conquer nature.”

“Nature won’t give up easily.”

She glanced up sideways. “Neither will I.”

Jay murmured, “The coydog’s at the door.”

She lifted the carrier.

He returned the last pup to the closet. “I’ll let you out the back.” He led her down the new hall past Sarge’s room. As they reached the door, he shook his head. “Why do I feel like I let the fox into the henhouse?”

“The one she has left will get her full attention. And yours.” Their eyes met.

At a loss for words, he pushed open the door.

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