Eyes welling up, this time with pure irritation, Bara backed up into the fence barring off a zone under construction. As the chain link fence rattled, she coughed and started to slip her backpack off. But shaking hands, trying to shield her eyes, the sudden movements betrayed her at the worst possible time. Miko's leash dropped to the sidewalk. The dog, already straining before, now bolted forward, drooling jaws snapping at the legs of the tall man.

"No! Stop!" Her heart shuddered. Without a pause, she tossed her bag to their feet and threw herself at her dog, trying to hold her back by the harness as she went for the attack, haphazardly wrapping the leash around her wrist. But the dog was almost the size of a man as it was. Too heavy to hold back in the heat of the moment. And it seemed Miko was doing her best to topple William.

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