[Austin’s POV]
“Are you really just going to leave?”
William’s words ring out around me, threatening to stop me from doing what it is I’m about to do, but I don’t stop. Right now, this is the only thing I can think to do to make that look of pain disappear from the kitten’s face, and if this was what she wanted, then I would give it to her.
“Come on,” I say now, reaching out and grabbing William’s wrist. “I think she has made it pretty clear that she doesn’t want us here.”
I don’t wait for a response from my brother before I’m pulling, tugging him along behind me, and when we reach the door, I spare one last glance behind me to find the kitten watching with an unreadable expression.
“Don’t stay up too late.” I say now, hating the pain I see in her eyes, but knowing this needed to be d
