Black As Night: A Fairy Tale Retold - Plot & Excerpts
Brother Charley shouted.The girl sat, and Leon chuckled. “Not you, Nora.”“I know,” she grinned. “I just felt the need to obey.”The big novice was standing in the courtyard between the church, school, and friary, and the two Rottweilers were standing in front of him, eyeing him suspiciously. Matt and Leon were sitting on leftover cinderblocks, watching. The girl had heard the noise from the friary where she had been helping to finish the dinner dishes, and had come out to watch.“Sit!” Brother Charley roared again, and the dogs looked at each other dubiously.“They don’t buy this dog psychology stuff,” Leon called. “I told you this wasn’t going to work. The Fathers are right: we should just send them to the pound.”“They can learn!” Brother Charley shook his head and planted his feet. “We just have to teach them their place. Back when I was a biker, I used to own a Doberman,” he explained to the girl. “The key to working with these big high-energy dogs is to remember that they’re pack animals.
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