Page 134 of Sigils & Spells

That wolf had better stay away from his mate or there’d be hell to pay. “I’ll sick Chester on him,” he muttered.

“What’s that?” Corwin yelled over the howling.

“Nothing,” Jared shouted back. “Just keep a lookout for Pippa’s car.”

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“I totally didn’t seethat coming,” Bygul said.

“Me neither,” Soraya exclaimed excitedly, “but isn’t it the most amazing thing ever? We weren’t even trying to match a cat to the wolf shifter and somehow it happened anyway.”

“Except he only adopted the cat to get the attention of Pippa, who let’s be clear, probably won’t even care,” Tivali said.

“Now, Tivali you don’t know that,” Bygul said.

“I think we should give that homeless litter of kittens to Jared’s pack,” Soraya said.

“What?” Muezza, Tivali and Bygul all exclaimed at the same time.

Muezza lifted his head from his paws and stared at Soraya. “Why would we do that?”

“They’rewolves!”Tivali exclaimed in horror. “There’s no telling what they might do to those poor kittens.”

“They’re not wild animals, Tivali,” Soraya said.

“No,” she said severely. “They’re wildshifters.”

“Okay, enough, already,” Bygul said impatiently. “The pack isn’t our assignment at the moment. We need to focus on Pippa and the kitten, Hocus Purrcus. We have to make sure they bond fully and that Pippa’s magic activates the cat’s, so that he can become a true witch’s familiar.”

“And how exactly are we supposed to do that?” Tivali asked. “This is why K.C. said matching witches are so challenging. That cat’s diabolical, getting us to take on an entire coven. It was probably his assignment in the first place and he was too lazy to do it himself.”

Bygul growled low in his throat, infuriated he hadn’t considered that possibility. “That damn cat,” he muttered. “He’ll probably take all the credit for the matches we make too.”

“That’d be just like him,” Muezza agreed. “Get us to do the job for him, then take all the credit.”

Bygul sighed. “Well, there’s nothing we can do about it now and I’m not abandoning the kitten before he’s been well and truly bonded to the witch, so we might as well get to work.”

“Yes, but again, how exactly are we supposed to accomplish that?” Tivali asked.

“Well, in the case of witches, subtlety is never the way to go.”

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Pippa hadno idea how a simple trip to the diner for dessert had turned into the hours-long ordeal that it was, but it had and she was stuck.

It had become pretty obvious within a few moments of arriving that Pippa’s presence was an absolute necessity if she wanted to keep her coven sisters out of trouble.

She had no idea how she hadn’t noticed the problem previously. She’d just been so startled by H.P.’s behavior when she’d walked into the diner the first time that she hadn’t really noticed anything else.

Now, however, there was nothing to distract her from the way her sisters managed to snare the attention of every single human and paranormal inside the diner the moment they entered it.

From the human waitress, who introduced herself as Starlight, to the paranormal and human diners scattered throughout the restaurant, everyone’s attention was on Pippa’s coven.

“What did you guys do?” Pippa hissed as they sat at a table in the middle of the room.

“What are you talking about?” Natalie asked dismissively.

“Everyone is staring at us.” How could she not notice?

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