Chapter 190: Everything Was Negotiable

Blacky, the little black cat, watched it all unfold. These intruders wanted to run wild on his turf. That would never be allowed. James had been about to trigger his array, fingers poised, when Blacky sprang forward. The cat radiated an invisible menace. The instant James met those cold feline eyes, a bolt of fear stabbed through his chest. In the next heartbeat, his spellwork fizzled, useless. He stared, dumbstruck. "What… what is going on?" A cat had swatted his spell aside like a fly. Blacky...