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Nearby, there was a stable block, paddock and a nus Rylan halted the car and turned to face her “Home”

“It’s” There didn’t seem to be a suitable word “Incredible”

She sensed hihtly at her reaction “I think so”

As they exited the car, there was a flurry of noise It was a scrabbling of claith an acco There was also another noise that she couldn’t quite place “I should have warned you—”

They were the only words Rylan s ca into view Bree counted to six before they were too close, and she beca, small, hairy, smoothand woolly They threw the pursued by demons and he was their only hope of salvation

“Get down, you lunatics” Laughing, heclose to sanity “We have company”

It was a s hurled themselves on Bree and atteht with difficulty, she tried to fend them off with pats

“Sorry” Rylan ca under each arm, he pushed some of the others out of the way “You et used to you And some of this is because they haven’t seen me for a few days”

A deep bark drew their attention to the car Papadu his freedoed The pack becareeted their friend After a few seconds, the whole group darted off across the grass

Bree watched theht “I know you said you have a unique collection, but one of those dogs is not a dog”

“That’s Merry We do have other sheep here, but for sos She even eats dog biscuits and sleeps in the kennels” Rylan opened the trunk and lifted out her bags “Did I mention that I rescue animals?”

“No, but I figured fros you said that you had an unusual setup here”

He grinned “Let me show you the house, then I’ll introduce you to some of the other residents”