He was
waiting for her, pacing, watching, calling. At her approach, the cat rubbed its body against the fencing,
then stood, bracing his forepaws
against it. And purred.
Six months
since he’d seen her—scented her, Lil thought. But he hadn’t forgotten her.
“Hello, Baby.”
She reached
through to stroke the tawny fur, and he bumped his head affectionately to hers.
“I missed
you, too.”
Black Hills
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Connor slipped through the employees’ gate for the falconry school.
As always, he felt a little flutter—a bit like beating wings—in his heart, along his skin.
It had always been the hawk for him. That
connection, like his power, came down through the blood.
Shadow Spell