Delilah (c) AmberChild99
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Meanwhile, out on the streets of Nome, Dingo was walking home. Suddenly he heard crying from within an alley. He walked into the alley and saw a black and white female dog sitting there crying.
"Are you all right?" he asked her.
Startled, she turned around. "Huh? Just leave me alone," she said through tears. She turned back around and continued sobbing.
"Hey, come on," he said as he walked up beside her. "Don't cry. Someone as pretty as you shouldn't look so sad."
She chuckled a little, then sniffed and wiped her eyes with her front paw.
"There you go," said Dingo. He put a paw on her back. "Now, come on. What's the matter?"
"A bunch of other dogs were making fun of me and kicking snow at me," she said.
"Well that's not very nice," said Dingo. "Why would they do that?"
She sniffed again. "Because my father is the biggest asshole in the world."
"What did he do?"
"He nearly got a bunch of little kids killed when he tried to throw the sled team carrying an antitoxin for diphtheria off their trail all for the sake of his stupid pride."
"Wait, you don't mean…"
"Yes. My father is Steele."
Dingo stared at her wide-eyed. "Wow."
"Yeah," she said.
"Wait, I didn't know Steele had a mate."
"He didn't. My mother was… raped by him." She started crying again.
Dingo was stunned for a moment as he took all this in. As if it wasn't bad enough Steele had tried to kill his father and let a whole bunch of little kids die, he had now mated with some dog without her consent, and now this poor girl was his daughter.
"There, there," he said trying to comfort the crying canine next to him. "Don't beat yourself up. It was cruel of those other dogs to pick on you. You didn't do anything wrong."
She wiped her eyes again. "You're very kind," she said. "Would you mind walking me home?"
"I'd be happy to," he said. "I'm Dingo, by the way."
"I'm Delilah," she said.
He walked her to her house.