“We’ll come back,” he insisted, but Anne could tell from the tone of his voice. He might have believed all would be well once upon a time, but now he wasn’t sure. Anything could happen. The whole world could disappear, and where would one cat be then? Where would their family be, falling through the darkness into the underworld, holding on to one another as best they could? And then they left, just as her mother had promised they would.
