Chapter 3 On the way into town to cross the river, Marc reviewed the whole cat battle in his mind. He couldn’t believe Clotilda had been that vicious. The little s**t really wanted to kill him. He ran through all the possible diagnoses that might account for her behavior and came up empty. Up to that scene with his car, she’d been grumpy and mad at the world—most of all at Marc. But she’d never exhibited that level of aggression. He would run some tests on her, but he didn’t expect to find anything. It didn’t look like a medical issue. Owen was going to be heart-broken if it came to the point where Clotilda was deemed a real danger to people. Marc would put her down no matter how much it hurt Owen. As Animal Control Chief, he didn’t have any options. He left off puzzling about the cat a

