Talia awoke with a start only to realize that Midnight was no longer in bed with her. She wasn’t sure if she was relieved or worried, so she settled with indifferent. Reezara lay at the foot of the bed licking her talons, she had already found herself a few fat rats to dine upon. ‘You better not have eaten them in this room, I swear to the gods if I catch you ripping a rat apart at my feet I’ll give you the soapiest bath you’ve ever had. You’ll stink of flowers for weeks.’ Reezara shot Talia a dour look before peeling her lips back and licking at her snout. ‘Don’t worry, I ate them outside. I don’t know what your problem is with rats, you literally bathe in strangers blood regularly. I’ve seen your worse sins. Rats pale in comparison.’ Talia wasn’t sure she was

