It leaned forward, almost touching its petite nose to mine before settling down with a loud growly purr.“Right.” I drew a deep breath. “I’m Jo Tanis, nicknamed Surf.”The trill got louder.“I’ve got more supers here, you might have heard of them. Mayday, she’s a woman, and Meltdown—he’s one of the villains. We really can’t be fussy right now. Oh, and a Guardian. But he’s cool; he’s on our side. He came with May.” The cat raised one velvet paw and began to wash her ear. “We just got back from one of the Agency’s bases, made sure they can’t pull our plugs. So that’s a good thing.” I smiled, feeling less foolish. “So no matter what we’ll be safe. You’ll be safe.”A voice came up the steps. “Thank you.”I got to my feet. The white cat sprang away and down the stairway into the bookstore.The young man stopped at the top of the stairs. I recognized him from the group of customers in front of the store, the ones we had walked through on our return.
