Chapter Seven
The library was bustling when I returned. I checked in on Luna, who gave me a thumbs-up from the children’s section where she was expertly giving advice to a mom who wanted to find books similar to the Harry Potter series. I could hear Luna’s animated voice as she compared Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Ranger’s Apprentice series with the Harry Potter books.
I still had a few minutes left on my lunch hour, so I headed to the lounge to check on the orange cat and to finish off the last few bites of my lunch. As soon as I opened the door, he made a trilling noise and jumped to his feet to wind himself lovingly around my legs.
I sat on the floor and he crawled into my lap, bumping his head against my neck. “What a sweetie,” I said to him, rubbing him under his neck a
