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Sadie shielded her face with her arms and braced for the pain of teeth sinking into her flesh but felt only a mild shudder of revulsion. She looked around and realized the dog had sailed right through her to drop to the ground outside the door.
With a hand to her pounding heart, Sadie blew out a relieved breath and stepped outside. She pulled off her respirator and watched the confused mutt as he attempted to right himself. Sadie now noticed the other side of his body. A large strip of flesh hung from his rear flank. Through the fatal wound, she could see the knee-high grass and weeds that covered the acreage behind the house.
"Hey, Fido, you're dead." Sadie chuckled and wiped droplets of sweat from her upper lip. The sun was rising in the sky and it was promising to reach ninety by noon.
