Page 7 of Jabba's Journey

“Do you think Sprinkles will be scared of us?” Jazzy asks, her knees bouncing in excitement as we trek down the dirt path that’ll lead to Electra’s home.

“I’m not sure,” I admit, glancing over at her. “Some felines don’t have trouble with our wolves, but some can’t handle the dominance we radiate.”

“I don’t want the kitty to be scared of us,” Sage whispers.

“Neither do I,” Jazzy concurs, her tone soft.

“Let’s take it one step at a time, huh? Let’s not worry about it until it happens. We could walk in there and Sprinkles could choose to claim us as one of her people.”

“Okay,” they both say in agreement.

The rest of the drive is done so in silence. The girls are both lost in their thoughts of how they’ll win Sprinkles over while I’m contemplating how to help Electra heal both emotionally and physically so I can explain to her that fate has deemed us each other’s soul mate.

When we pull into her driveway and park, her natural scent envelops me. And even though this is not my abode, I get wrapped in the feeling of coming home. I feel welcome here even though this is my first time stepping onto the property.

“Look!” Jazzy hollers excitedly. “She has a koi pond in her front yard and there are fish inside of it.”

“Being that she’s a water witch, it doesn’t surprise me that she’d have a water source or two surrounding her house,” I utter aloud, peering into the pond. I’m impressed at the size of the fish inside, then realize that she didn’t mention them, and I have no clue how they eat.

“It helps her stay powerful, huh?” Sage questions.

“That about sums it up,” I remark, smiling at the inquisitive duo. We do everything we can to keep the girls educated about all aspects of the paranormal and supernatural world. After all, their potential mates could come from any of the facets.

I nod my head and encourage them to follow me to the door. Once I gain entrance, my jaw drops. Natural light shines through coming from every wall of the house. She has picture and stained-glass windows which causes a spectrum of colors to shine throughout and bounce off the surfaces.

“It’s like a rainbow,” Jazzy says, her tone in awe.

“It’s so pretty,” Sage says with admiration.

After a small investigation, I walk into each room, gathering the items off her list, while the girls focus on grabbing the items for Sprinkles, who is following both girls meowing her head off. She’s got a smooshed face and as Electra said, there are sprinkles of color in her fur. They’re both enthralled and I imagine they’ll be pleading with their respective parents to get a pet of their own. That thought makes me chuckle since both Cyrus and Corbin are hardasses. Of course, when it comes to their girls, there’s nothing they won’t do for them.

Pulling out my phone, I call Harmony because I need to make sure we take care of the koi in the pond before we leave. When she answers, I ask, “Can you check with Electra about something?”

“Sure, what do you need to know? I’ll put the phone on speaker,” Harmony replies.

“Jabba?” Electra’s voice coming through the line sends shards of longing through me and I have to take a deep breath in order to respond.

“Electra, do you have anything special you give the koi?” I question.

“Oh! The pond is its own ecosystem, so they find food within it, but the big rock that has the gnome on it is actually a specially made feeder. I usually toss in two scoops to supplement what they get from the pond itself.”

“How often?” I ask, already making plans to make daily trips if necessary.

“Just once a week. They’re past due though,” she replies.

“We’ll take care of it before we leave. Is there anything else you can think of?” I want to get back but talking to her is a delicious torture as well.

Harmony’s voice breaks in and she says, “Maybe anything that would spoil that’s in her refrigerator, Jabba.”

“We’ll get that as well and be back shortly.”

Chapter Four

Electra

I wakeup slowly to purring in my ear. Opening my eyes, I see that Sprinkles is next to me, kneading me. “Making biscuits so early?” I murmur as I reach out to rub my girl between her ears.

She meows, making me giggle. The day I walked out of the pet store with food for my fish and found the little abandoned kitten, I knew I had to bring her home. Granted, I didn’t know the tiny thing was a girl at the time, but as soon as I could, I took her to the vet and got her fixed up. She was sick for a bit too, likely from being a stray, but she’s grown into a beautiful cat.

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