A Hidden Enemy
Contents (34)
- DEDICATION
- SPECIAL THANKS
- Contents
- PACK LIST
- PROLOGUE
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- CHAPTER NINE
- CHAPTER TEN
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- CHAPTER NINETEEN
- CHAPTER TWENTY
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
- BACK ADS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- OTHER WORKS
- CREDITS
- COPYRIGHT
- ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
DEDICATION
For Jamie Philip
SPECIAL THANKS
With special thanks to Gillian Philip
Contents
Dedication
Special Thanks
Pack List
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Excerpt from Survivors #3: Darkness Falls
Back Ads
About the Author
Other Works
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
PACK LIST
LONE DOGS
LUCKY—gold-and-white thick-furred male
OLD HUNTER—big and stocky male with a blunt muzzle
LEASHED DOGS
BELLA—gold-and-white thick-furred female, Lucky’s littermate (sheltie-retriever mix)
DAISY—small white-furred female with a brown tail (Westie/Jack Russell mix)
MICKEY—sleek black-and-white Farm Dog (Border Collie)
MARTHA—giant thick-furred black female with a broad head (Newfoundland)
BRUNO—large thick-furred brown male Fight Dog with a hard face (German Shepherd/Chow mix)
SUNSHINE—small female with long white fur (Maltese)
ALFIE—small and stocky blunt-faced dog with mottled brown-and-white fur
WILD PACK (IN ORDER OF RANK)
ALPHA:
huge half wolf with gray-and-white fur and yellow eyes
BETA:
small swift-dog with short gray fur (also known as Sweet)
HUNTERS:
FIERY—massive brown male with long ears and shaggy fur
SNAP—small female with tan-and-white fur
MULCH—black long-haired male with long ears
SPRING—tan female hunt-dog with black patches
PATROL
DOGS:
MOON—black-and-white female Farm Dog (mother to Squirm, a male black-and-white pup; Nose, a female black pup; and Fuzz, a male black-and-white pup)
DART—lean brown-and-white female chase-dog
TWITCH—tan chase-dog with black patches and a lame foot
OMEGA:
small, black, oddly-shaped dog with tiny ears and a wrinkled face (also known as Whine)
PROLOGUE
Yap pawed excitedly after a shiny green beetle. You won’t defeat me, bug! he thought. There was nowhere for his prey to hide now. He was Yap the Hunter, Yap the Swift, Yap the Brave! Fierce warrior of Lightning and the Sky-Dogs!
I’m coming for you. . . .
He was pawing at the wriggling critter, using his best scary barks to let the bug know it was doomed, when he heard an eerie howl. Fur prickled on the back of Yap’s neck, and he cocked his head, a shiver running through him.
A dog? Is it another dog?
The beetle had vanished under the white fence, but Yap no longer cared. Getting away from the yard-boundary had suddenly become much more important than hunting. Tumbling back clumsily, he bounded across the grass and into the shed, where the warmth and smells were comforting and familiar. His littermates greeted his return with a wild chorus of yipping, and he squeezed in among them beneath his mother’s belly.
At last their nuzzling and licking calmed his thumping heart, and he felt his courage creeping back.
“What was that noise?” he whimpered. “Did you hear it? Did you?”
“Yes! Yes!”
“We heard it!”
“A scary dog!”