A trail of pawprints leading to the water’s edge.
It stuck and clung to his paws and the backs of his lower legs.
Dark, coarse, rough sand against brown-blond fur.
He shook his coat.
Glanced, at the tall dark figure in the corner of his eye. And took a double take when he realized it wasn’t the old man.
He made a face like he swallowed a lemon.
His ears pressed back against his head. His hackles bristled. His tail deadweight between his back legs.
“What.”
The wind blew and ruffled through his fur. Cold, wet, and damp. The air salted with it, with the sea’s water.
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