Blurred, bright lights—
I sat upright with a gasp and realized came nose to nose with a big cat.
Panicked, I put my hand out and someone caught my wrist, sending a ripple of calm through me.
*I’m right here.*
The leopard stumbled backwards a few feet, taking a seat, and glancing to my right, I found myself staring up into unfamiliar green eyes—but the face they were set in, the voice in my head—“Zechariah?” I sobbed.
“Something like that,” he said in a slow drawl, deep.
Blinking up at him, confused, Xavier swept into the room then, eyes casting a deadly silver, Luca quickly joining him at his side, and I realized that something was wrong.
“What is this?” Xavier asked.
“It looks like a coup,” Luca hissed, eyes shifting to the jaguar who remained seate
