Shadow Cat and the Sloth by Scarlet Fox

Author:Scarlet Fox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scarlet Fox

Ellie’s throat bobbed as she greedily chugged the water Brett had offered her. The cool liquid slid down her throat, quenching her thirst.

Since when does a bird catch a cat? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? The tired thought popped out of her weary mind. Ellie was pissed that the drama of being kidnapped had ruined the breaktime she was looking forward to. And it left her with more questions than answers.

“I really don’t know,” she admitted to Brett after getting her fill of water. “A giant hawk or something plucked me out of the raft. I was able to shift my hands into claws and scratch the shit out of it until it let me go.” She peered up the cliff, noting the green canopy of the forest trees above. Ellie realized how lucky she was to have slid down the pine tree like she did. She could have very easily been injured from the fall. “I caught one of the pine trees on the way down and hid until I couldn’t hear the bird anymore.”

Brett’s hazel eyes were wide as she recounted what happened. “I am so glad you are okay.” The words were soft, barely audible over the trickling of the water around them.

She sighed deeply, glad that the cliff above them should be hiding them slightly from any creatures in the sky that might approach. “I just want to eat.” She rubbed her stomach as it growled. Ellie hadn’t realized how hungry she was. She’d been too busy fighting a giant bird and trying not to die. Good thing kitties were known to land on their feet. And by some miracle, she didn’t get stuck in that tree. That would have been a kick in the ass. She smiled at the thought as she opened her backpack to look for the food rations inside.

“What’s so funny?” Brett asked, pulling a silver pouch from his backpack.

“Firemen have to get cats out of trees.” She ripped open the pouch labeled tuna fish. The feline inside of her purred, happy with her selection.

Brett stared at her, a blank look on his face. His mouth hung open for a second, causing Ellie to chuckle. “I don’t get it,” he finally said, tearing open his own silver pouch of food.

“A tree broke my fall, and I didn’t get stuck in it.” Laughter bubbled out of her. She swallowed her food quickly so she wouldn’t choke or spit it all over her companion. Brett’s brow furrowed. He looked lost, so she explained. “I’m a cat shifter. Cats in trees…”

A smile tugged at the corners of Brett’s thin lips. “I don’t know why that went over my head.”

Ellie put a hand on his arm to reassure him. “We both had a rough half-hour. Don’t beat yourself up over it.” She beamed a smile at it. The one that put people at ease.

It worked. Brett leaned back into the inflated tube on the side of the raft behind him, pushing his meal up out of the pouch.

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