章節 57: Chapter 57: Clover

A furry white bundle bounded across the yard toward me, Sass leaping up into my arms as I slipped my feet back into my high heels. He settled against me, breathing hard as Clover tentatively stroked his fur.

"Nice to see you again," he said. "Now, take us to your mother, there's a good girl."

Considering Clover was probably in her early twenties, his gentle but condescending tone should have pissed her off. I guess it was a testament to the treatment she was used to receiving from her domineering mother that Clover simply bobbed a nod and turned into the tunnel she'd left open for us.

I thought you were going to help the Kennecotts with Pender, I sent to the silver Persian as I followed Clover into her sorcery. A thin shield was all I needed to protect us from the hunger of her power. Not that she would have fed from us, only that this particular mode of travel left me unsettled, like being inside the belly of a starving whale in icy darkness.