I looked at him. He was standing by the kennel, chain taut, looking at me with that very gaze that carried more understanding than many human words.

— My God… — I whispered, feeling shivers run down my skin. — You saved my life.

I crouched beside him, hugged him around the neck, and he gently wagged his tail, as if he knew he had done the right thing.

And then I realized: sometimes our animals see and feel things that we humans do not.