Although she knew it was a total cliché to say that she’d never been so happy to see anyone in her life, in this case, it was the simple truth. As soon as Cat watched Loc burst through that window, bat wings flapping at the humid air he brought with him, she somehow knew it was going to be okay, and her heart sang with relief.
Well, all right, they still had to figure out a way to face Nicholas Toulouse and bring him down, but that outcome now seemed much easier to achieve, thanks to the presence of her demon lord.
They all went down the stairs, Cat and Loc in the front, Edgar and Lizzie behind them, although Lizzie seemed to lag a bit, as though she wasn’t quite as eager for this confrontation as the rest of them. The bottom floor of the house was filled with a bewildering variety of gh
