The Storm (15 page)
Authors: Dayna Lorentz
“How do you know what a lead dog can and can't say?” Shep growled. “All you ever do is hide behind my flank.”
Callie scowled, her jaw locked and ears flat against her head. “That was mean,” she snuffled.
Shep sighed. Why was she making this so difficult? “I'm sorry,” he grumbled. “I had to make a call up there, so I made one. I'm trying my best, Callie.”
“Aren't we all,” she woofed, and padded away from him into the darkness of the banyan's roots.
Many thanks to my early readers: Kaitlyn and Amanda Johson, Angela LaCour, and Hallie-Blair Quatro; Anne Cunningham, Jennifer Decker, Shala Erlich, Mary Beth McNulty, and Matthew Weiner; and Tui Sutherland, who is so much more than just my writing guru. Thank you to my editor, Amanda Maciel, who made every thing better. I feel blessed to have such a supportive family, and especially want to thank my mom, Chris Kaufman, for reading every draft. Finally, thank you to my wonderful husband for being the man of my dreams, and my goat girl for being perfection personified.
#1 - THE STORM
#2 - THE PACK
#3 - THE RETURN
Text copyright © 2011 by Dayna Lorentz
Illustrations copyright © 2012 by Joy Ang
Book design by Phil Falco
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First printing, September 2011
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