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Kiera woke in a soft, comfortable bed.
She’d woken in so many strange places lately that it took her a moment to realize she was staring up at a powder-blue sky. And then her memory caught up with her baffled eyes. She was in Conor’s bedroom…
Well, what was left of it, after Hurricane Amaldo had smashed part of the roof into splinters, and hurled the rest of it clear to Kansas or thereabouts.
No brightly dressed Munchkins were hiding in the corners—but a familiar striped bundle of fluff was curled up by her feet! Phantom stretched her front paws and opened her tiny mouth in a leisurely yawn before peering up at Kiera with contented golden eyes. “Rowr!”
“Princess!” Kiera sat up and reached down to pet the sleepy little cat, who rolled over and curled both paws around her wrist. “How
