28Rufus just wouldn’t stay in the courtyard. I took him back there three times before giving up and letting him follow me to the pub, Na Sciath Snug. Okay, he more like accompanied me, walking right next to me all the way.
Strange cat. But I guess he wasn’t categorically a real cat in the sense of this world, this mortal—or Prosaisk—world; he was Cait Sìth. A cat-based Fae creature who was fearsome but could also bring great blessings and protection. There’d been no need to Google that one. I knew what the Cait Sìth were. I was worried he might get hit, but he stayed sheltered to my left in the shadows of the evening, trotting through the lawns and gardens of the homes along the way.
“You can’t go in. You have to wait over in the garden. Over there.” I pointed away to the picturesque lit
