Claw: Catnip Assassins Book 6 by Skye MacKinnon

Author:Skye MacKinnon [MacKinnon, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peryton Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Life as a cat is easy. Sleep, eat, sleep, repeat.

The forest is full of life. I do eat the occasional squirrel, but I long for something more satisfying. I've been back to where I killed the mutants, but they'd disappeared. I'd even licked the ground where they'd lain, hoping for some of that sweet, alluring taste. No such luck.

The human within me knows where more mutants are, but she hides that knowledge from me. She's refusing to talk to me, so I've pushed her away, locked her deep inside me. I used to be the prisoner within her; now we've changed roles.

I love my freedom. Humans are so complicated. It makes me bored just thinking about all their problems. I should have taken control a long time ago. It's better for both of us. In this forest, we're the biggest animal around. Everyone cowers before us. Everyone is dinner.

I jump off the branch I've been resting on and rub against the bark of the tree. So good. It's not the same as being stroked by a human, but it's still pleasant enough.

I'm hungry, but I'm not in the mood for squirrel. I need a proper meal.

I push into my mind until I reach Kat. She glares at me. She's not happy about being kept in the dark. I give her a little purr, almost an apology but not quite.

Where do I find more yummy mutants?

She pushes up her mental barriers and I'm expelled. I growl. That wasn't very polite. I only wanted to know where to get more of the best food around. She must feel my hunger. When she's in charge, I feel her desires too. They're not high on my list of priorities - I much prefer to snooze and let the world drift by until she lets me shift - but I do know what her hunger feels like. Maybe I should starve myself until she tells me her secret, but that sounds like too much work.

Maybe it's time to leave the forest and look for the nearest human settlement. I might find mutants there, and if not, humans don't taste too bad either. Kat has never let me eat one, but I've had their blood and meat in my mouth while killing them. It'll be a change from squirrel and deer. More fun to hunt, too. Humans are slow and don't have any claws or even hooves to defend themselves with, but they are fairly clever. They create weapons and aren't hesitant to use them. They're inherently cruel. Especially when it comes to their own kind. Some of the things I've seen through Kat's eyes have made me very glad that I'm not human.

I shake my fur once again and turn towards the fresh scent of the river. Humans, here I come.

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