Chapter 1 Walking into the lobby of the hotel, the warm air hits me in the face. It’s October and I can already tell that winter is going to be rough. The lady behind the counter looks up from her computer with a look of shock on her face. I can’t blame her. I look like I feel which is crap. “Oh, honey are you okay?” she asks. I hate that question. “I'm fine.” I try to smile. “I need a room. Something that’s dog friendly, if you have it.” “Of course,” she says, looking back down at her computer and typing. “How many nights?” “Just one.” I lean on the counter, feeling the exhaustion of the last few days catching up to me. “Room 312 is dog friendly. You just take the elevator to the third floor and take a right. It will be seventy for the night and a fifty dollar deposit for the dog.” I hand over my card. Waiting for her to finish checking us in, I look down at my new companion. I can’t believe that he saved my life. From what I can remember, I was attacked and he came out of nowhere, jumping on the guy attacking me. The cops said that if it wasn’t for him, I probably would have been killed or in a coma.