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"Suit yourself" I positioned ainst the furthest wall and waited for the show to start

It didnʼt take long There was a horrid yowl followed by an almost-scream A second later, a white blur flew out the door and down the stairs My sister followed as fast as her little legs would carry her When I turned back, Alex was filling the doorway

"She has a cat," he said, rubbing an angry red mark on his neck

"Yes, she does"

"Cats hate Shifters"

"I figured that out already" I pulled myself off the wall and took a step towards him

"You could have warned me" He took a step into the hall

"I told you that you didnʼt want to go in there" I closed the distance between us "Is your neck okay?"

"I think it needs a kiss to make it all better"

I placedhis warelʼs voice was like a shock of cold water

"I was looking at the scratch your evil cat left on Alexʼs neck Weʼll be lucky if he doesn’t co at his neck with your ht be able to keep the news of an unexpected visitor to herself, but catchingout with my brotherʼs archnemisis in the hallway? She would tell anyone and everyone that would listen

Crap, crap, crap

I searched- an explanation, a bribe, a diversion - anything that e the situation

"Do you want so to work

" We have brownies?"

Or maybe it was

"We have a box of brownie mix Iʼll make theelʼs face "You want to cook ht you were supposed to be a total zeppo in the kitchen," Alex said He had propped hi ar on a complete breakdown

"I can make brownies from a box," I said, my tone a bit harsher than necessary Couldnʼt he at least pretend to care that ere in serious trouble here?

"But youʼll burn the Even toast" I was about to loseMercifully, Alex juelʼs rescue