Chapter 25
NowLeo stepped onto the graveled driveway outside the inn, letting the heavy glass-paneled door swing closed behind him. The yard was empty, but swirling patterns in the dew on the grass showed how agitated the dogs had been just a few minutes before while Leo watched from his balcony. The mama dog and all her furious offspring must have settled down as soon as the poor mangy stray ran toward the woods.
Only the old brown and black mama dog was still there. She sat at the end of the driveway as if she'd been waiting for him, tapping her foot and staring pointedly at her watch the whole time.
The chickens and bright guinea hens were calm, and the air of menace Leo had felt earlier was gone as well. Whatever the strange shadow moving over the ground had been, it had moved on wi
