One of the officers took a step forward.
Then another.
And when the beam of light finally reached the far corner…
Everyone was paralyzed.
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In the far corner, the agents saw movement.
He was not a person.
A huge herd of hungry dogs was hiding in there.
Margaret burst into tears.
He explained that, after the old shipyard closed, dozens of abandoned dogs had been left there. She had been secretly feeding them every day because she feared that the villagers would demand that they be taken away.
The “bloodspots” came from the bags of raw meat she was dragging on the ground.
And the metal door closed?
I had closed it to prevent the frightened animals from rushing to the village.
For days, everyone had imagined something terrible.
