Capítulo 45: Chapter 45: Loyalties

I finally returned inside, light from the kitchen drawing me onward. Shenka shuffled some dishes into the sink, Sassafras perched on the table, watching her with the end of his tail twitching.

"Well," I said with forced enthusiasm. "That was something."

Shenka's shoulders jerked, but she didn't turn around. I let her be, sinking into a chair at the table, reaching out to stroke Sass's fur.

"Your plan is a good one," Sass said.

"Thanks for that, oh high and mighty cat." It was meant as a joke, but he didn't laugh and neither did I. Shenka continued to ignore us, but before I could reach out to her to find out what was wrong, Sass went on.

"Where, pray tell, do you plan on finding enough sorcerers to train all of those covens?" His eyes flared with demon magic, ears flattening.