“The end of the world is upon us, Basil Andino,” he says, his voice booming through the kennel. Even the dogs around us have stopped barking for once. “Death and destruction are around every corner.”

“Actually,” he says after waiting for a moment to make sure that I’m finished speaking, “I was going to say that I have some questions about you.”

I almost shout “CUTIE?! That dog’s the devil!!” but I restrain myself. If this man adopts Biscuit, then I won’t have to deal with her anymore.

With a sigh, I take off toward the front of the building. Knowing what a little terror Biscuit is, she’s probably make a beeline for the door so that she can escape our clutches and wreak havoc…

“What was that?” Casey asks, appearing at the door to her office. It’s incredible how her phone call finished just in time to see me let a dog escape.