The King's Captive (Gate of Myth and Power, #1)

by K.M. Shea

“Noctus!” Aristide poked his head out the front door of the Cape Cod home and was scowling into the yard. “You said you were coming outside to grab Ama. Have you found her, or have you decided to give in to your baser instincts and live in the wild?” “If you’ll excuse me, Chloe, it seems I must attend to my howling friend, or he’ll disturb the neighborhood,” Noctus said. “Of course.” I let go of Noctus’s arm as if he were made of fire and stepped to the side. “Noctus.” Aristide managed to make the shouted name sound like an insult. “I’m coming,” Noctus called as he crossed the street. “I haven’t found her, yet. But I met someone new, and I’ve decided to get Ama a cat door.” “Congratulations to Ama. What the heck is a cat door?” I didn’t stick around to hear the conversation. I booked it down the sidewalk, and when I found a large evergreen tree encroaching on the sidewalk near the mouth of the cul-de-sac, I darted behind it, wrestling my way into it before I changed into my cat form.

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