It didn't matter. His food was gone and chancing a blizzard offered better odds than certain starvation.
Lalo pulled his ragged coat tighter, tugged his knit cap down over his ears, and pushed out the door.
The wind staggered him. It was not dog but wolf. An enormous, snarling, deadly wolf.
Lalo's last thoughts, as he shivered into a ball, was to wish for his littermates and a long, warm tail to curl around his nose.