Red hair was the first thing I noticed as Terrence came out from the bushes. He walked over with a frown.
"What happened?"
I looked down at my dad, tears stinging my eyes, I didn't say anything as the other mutt surveyed the wreckage that was once a home.
"Well...this isn't good." He frowned and I snorted.
"No kidding." I hiccuped, starting to rub the tears from my eyes when he grabbed my arm and pulled it away from my face.
"You're gonna get mud in your eye." He told me using a handkerchief to wipe my face.
I winced a little, but held still until he was finished.
"Where's your mate?" He asked looking at my dad as I looked away with a frown.
"He had to leave, he said he'd come back but, I don't know when." I told him shaking my head.
"Then stay with me." He told me and I blinked at him with a small frown.
"What?"
"Well your home is obviously not available to you anymore, and you don't really have anywhere else to go do you?" He asked.
I rubbed my arm softly.
"I...you're right, but why help me?" I asked as he set a hand on my shoulder.
"I told you once that mutt's like us needed to help each other right? Why go back on my word?" He asked and I bit my lip.
"Thank you." I murmured softly. He sighed at the dead body still in my arms.
"Now to figure out what to do with this." He gestured and I gripped my father tighter.
"Don't eat him." I frowned and the red head blinked at me before giving me a deadpanned expression.
"Thank you for stating the obvious, even if I was hungry I wouldn't eat him. The body's filthy from the mud." He told me with a frown, his nose twitching.
I glared at him and he raised his hands.
"Hey, I'm just being honest. So what do we do with him?" He asked as I looked at my dad.
"We...bury him." I frowned softly.