Cat’s Day of Firsts by Mere RainIt was harder than Barney had expected to make himself cross the threshold.
He had lived in this dark and forbidding house until last night. A few hours ago. Not enough time to feel that he had truly escaped from his enslavement. What if he went inside and his Master was there after all? If his Master called him and commanded him—
No, he reminded himself. You have a new name now. You’re Barney, not Cat. He’s not your Master. He’s just a man.
A man who was an evil wizard who could kill or curse his wayward familiar as easily as he had thrown a kitten in a sack and stolen him away into servitude. Not exactly reassuring.
But he needed the books to learn magic to protect himself and Colin, and the sooner he went inside and found them, the sooner he’d be back
