Mercy kept her nose to the ground. Even a year later, she knew exactly where she had been the night she'd died. Sitting in that spot, she kept her ears up. Many people just thought her a pretty dog and she let them think that.

Her head jerked up when sirens went off. She looked up at the sky and watched the sunlight fade and then it came. The creeping darkness. She felt it seeping over everything and could almost see the line as it slithered its way across the city.

Getting to her feet, she shook herself, her tags jangling in the night. Mercy put her nose to the ground and began looking. She knew he was out here somewhere.