himself free of their embrace, and left her on her knees on the floor as he left the room. Val sobbed silent, airless sobs, bending over her knees…until she heard the front door close behind him.
Penchant, Fat Baby, and Ulysses found her curled up in her bed several hours later, numb and spent, for the moment, and simply staring at the darkened window.
“What will he do when daylight comes?” she asked them on a whisper, her voice lost to her grief.
What he has always done, I imagine. He did live over a century and a half before finding you, after all.
Nice, Penchant. Way to be sensitive, Fat Baby scolded sarcastically.
I only meant she shouldn’t worry. He is capable of caring for himself.
Just what she wants to hear, Ulysses chimed in. How well he can get along without her.
It’s what she needs to hear. And she needs to remember the same goes for her, Penchant sniffed.
Fine, Fat Baby sighed, but at least give her some time before you get practical on her.
“Yes. I need time,” she murmured, closing her eyes.
Penchant’s tail twitched as his feline heart went out to the human Witch who had taken such good care of him for so long now.
Time, he thought. She needs time.
Gee, why didn’t I think of that? Fat Baby thought dryly.
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