Stray
By Susan Grant
From Pets in Space 1
An imperfect hero battles his inner demons in a race against time to save the woman he loves…
Space Marine Lieutenant Lukas Frank has a lot in common with a street dog named Bang-Bang; they both started off as scrappy orphans fighting to survive—and beat the odds. Things change when Bang-Bang leads Lukas to starpilot Captain Carlynn Riga. The tough war hero learns what it means to surrender…his heart.
Lukas’s struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, threaten to tear the three of them apart, but nothing threatens them more than when Carlynn goes missing on a mission. Now the rugged Marine and his K-9 partner must find Carlynn and bring her home, or risk losing everything he’s finally found worth fighting for.
NOTE: This story is now available from the author’s website.
Originally published in the Pets in Space 1 Anthology.
