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Thera looked like she wanted to order something fancy. Renner looked at her. “Decaf mocha latte?”
Thera grinned. “That sounds good.”
Keelie looked at Thanatos, and he nodded.
They ate cookies and drank coffee for a few minutes until their order showed up. Thanatos asked, “How large does the cat tree have to be?”
“The taller, the better. They are ambush predators. They like to keep their warm fluffiness out of reach. When they come to you, it is their choice, which is better for everyone. The smaller creature seeking company and then walking away. The other way just turns into bullying.”
Thera smiled. “We have an alpha like that at school.”
Thanatos growled. “What’s his name?”
Renner reached out and pulled his cup from his grasp. “No more coffee for you.” She had unthinkingly used her left hand and felt a ping. She had just blown a stitch. It was always the stupid moves.
His nostrils flared again. “Renner, are you injured?”
“Oh. Yeah. Slight accident at the wedding last night. I had to go home early.”
“Did you have a date?”
“Of course not.” She snorted. “It made it easier to leave after I hurt myself.”
Thera frowned. “What kind of injury?”
“Oh, just hurt my shoulder. It will be fine in a few days, but I have to get my stitches fixed.”
She sat back and settled carefully against her chair. “So, any questions?”
Thanatos was tapping on his phone, and when he looked at her, there was thunder in his expression.
She smiled brightly. “Well, our numbers are on the booklets, so give your kitties a high five and get ready for the additions to the family.”
She shook their hands near the door and smiled. “If you don’t call or show up by noon tomorrow, the reservation collars will be off, and they will be up for grabs again. We can take no for an answer.”
Renner watched them leave, and her phone flared with a message. It was Thanatos.
We need to talk. Dinner tonight?
She looked around at the cats tumbling around and visiting the café patrons. She didn’t respond. He had done it to her, so it was fair that she didn’t answer. She could take no for an answer.
Chapter Two
Renner sat in her apartment and finished up some more security assessments for new candidates when her phone showed a message.Renner, please, come down and talk to me. I need to do some grovelling.
She blinked.Come down?
I am parked outside the clinic. Black SUV.
I am wearing sweats.
Don’t care. Please.
The urgency was weird, but she put her computer away. She checked her card wallet, got her house keys, then opened her tablet and saw the black SUV on the camera outside the rescue. She shrugged and put her shoes on then headed downstairs.
The café had the evening shift, and a dozen people were enjoying the attentions of the twenty cats.
Renner smiled at the evening barista. “Call me if you need anything, Kava.”
