Something Domestic

This story is based on the prompt "Write about an animal who changes a person's life (for better or worse)." on Reedsy Weekly Writing Contests.
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"How ironic it is that the one promised to give you the most is the one to take it all away and one wonders in the fairness of the universe and the justice of nature, when all hell is let loose and you're left with nothing. But unknown to all, nature is just and unforgiving. When all hope is lost, the one above sends someone as his hands to comfort and right the wrong. The lone figure in the darkness, whose eyes imitate a charred river bed was not alone in this night. A creature on four legs drenched in the rain had been quietly following him and now moves towards the youngster as a silent thunder illuminates the world for a second before all in lost in the dark. "