BELLA HAD CALMED FOR a while, her color returning and some of the cold leeching from her body. Edric and Fammy had relaxed too, though Edric didn’t let go of Bella for a minute. For several minutes, Fammy had been lying on her side in front of Bella, calmly bathing her fat belly. But suddenly the cat’s head snapped up and her huge, green eyes turned toward the shadows. With an angry yowl and a series of hisses, the fat feline leapt to her feet and spat at something Edric couldn’t see.
He didn’t need to see it to know that, whatever it was, it was a danger to Bella. He could feel it in his bones. Bella suddenly stiffened in his arms and her breathing turned shallow, a clear indication that she was starting to panic again.
He could feel her heart racing beneath his hands. “What is it, Famm
