CHAPTER TEN
Kestrel appeared at the door, her parents behind her. They must have been the source of the tracking spell. "What is that… Oh! A cat?"
I gathered Sir Raleigh to me. He was colder than I'd ever felt him, and I wondered just how far he'd come through whatever medium he traveled through to find me. What had happened to his collar?
My phone buzzed - Veronica. "Have lost cat. He chewed through his collar. Have you seen him?"
"He's here," I texted back.
"Is he okay?"
His little chest rose and fell once, and I cuddled him to me harder, pulling from the trees outside to give him whatever energy I could. He struggled, his life force trying to recover, but I didn't know if it would be enough.
"You need and vet," John said. "I'm calling Lawrence."
"No… Wait, all right." The last b
