“It’s simple,” Sebastian was in his element. “Ann and Kat and Lil are the most vulnerable to the cat and the dark child, so they will serve as a focus. They draw their attention and I use Mabel as a conduit to take their energy and put it on Mr Westwood here. He fades forever and takes them with him.”
Mabel had a look on her face Kat had never seen before. She looked as if all the goodness of the world has fading. She looked her age.
Before they could do this (and Kat really couldn’t see how it would be accomplished — Sebastian used lots of words and big promises but didn’t make things real, as far as she could see) there was the problem of the vampire cat.
“Mine,” said Kat.
“Just because your name is Kat doesn’t mean you get to deal with it.” Mabel was obdurate.
“It’s not that. It tr
