The officer who dropped him off looked strangely relieved to be rid of him, barely making eye contact as he handed over the papers.

Why was a professional so eager to give up a trained protector? she wondered.
She had been robbed twice in this neighborhood. She needed a weapon with a heartbeat.
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But as they reached her front door, Raven did something that made her blood run cold.
He didn’t bark at the shadows; he began sniffing her door as if he were looking for a bomb.
