Chilled Pug (Otherwise Untitled)
#47 of Short Stories
A pug stumbles, confused and near frozen.
~ Carter scrambled out of the snow bank and up onto the more secure footing provided by the icy road's shoulder with a panic muted by the bitter cold. Clutching the drenched cloak about her shoulders, the pug spared a moment and a hope to glance back to the snow bank to check for the friend she'd left in a river some miles before.