Bob vs the Cat by Kate Baray

Author:Kate Baray
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Bob groaned.

Jack had found the bracelet.

The cat-gryphon had to be at fault.

Bob couldn’t imagine why Jack had processed the stack of inventory where he’d stashed the bracelet today of all days. There was no logical reason other than that vile cat’s influence.

But Jack had certainly found it; he was cleaning the shiny bauble now.

When Jack took a toothbrush to the bracelet, Bob swallowed a squeaky protest. The metal was hard, and the clear stones sturdy, but the tiny green stones were soft. Bob cringed as Jack scrubbed away at the delicate stones.

But now wasn’t the time to fuss over little details. Bob needed a moment alone with Jack, because the solution to the gryphon problem was startlingly simple. Bob knew what the beastie wanted and that the bracelet had to be given willingly, so all he had to do was convince Jack to boot the interloper.

The gryphon might not be able to detect Bob’s location beyond the veil he’d constructed, but it didn’t matter because the cat clung to Jack like a needy little black bundle of fur.

So Bob waited while Jack finished damaging the shiny bracelet.

And Bob waited some more while Jack dug through a box of newly acquired inventory.

Bob waited some more while Jack locked up the shop and headed into his office for a lunch break.

And that’s when fate smiled.

Jack got a whiff of cat urine, found the spot where the gryphon had rather unwisely sprayed in the corner of the office, and sent the mangy beast out into the main area of the shop.

He was pulling cleaning supplies from under the bathroom sink when Bob stepped through the veil.

Jack stood up suddenly and banged his head on the counter.

He set aside the gloves and spray bottle of cleaner he’d been retrieving and rubbed his head. “Hey, Bob. You’ve been scarce today. Is it the cat?”

Bob couldn’t believe his luck. He nodded vigorously.

“I doubt Marin will be a fan, so he won’t be here for long.” Jack glanced at the corner of the office. “Not long at all, if the pee thing doesn’t stop.”

Bob bristled his fur. He hoped Jack would at least get some hint that the shop’s new addition was dangerous.

“Hey. Calm down. Seriously, he’s not staying.”

And now his human thought he was acting like a jealous pet. Bob closed his eyes and shook his head. He wasn’t a dog—or any other kind of pet for that matter. Most of the time, Jack had some inkling of that fact.

Bob considered his options, then made a growling noise.

“Was that crab I gave you for breakfast off? It sounds like you have a touch of indigestion.” Jack accompanied this pronouncement with a commiserating look.

Maybe, if he tried really hard, he could reach him psychically. Humans were terrible at mind-to-mind communication. He had no idea how the dragons managed it. But Bob was almost certain he’d broken through a few times—once without even trying—so it was worth a shot.

He tried for the simplest of associations. Cat-gryphon, bad.

Bob shoved that thought at the closed box of Jack’s brain over and over again.

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