The windows were blacked out, and Grady had placed lookouts in several different areas around the property. Dawn was at hand and Danny was feeling its pull. He began clearing out the bottom of her closet, making enough room for himself, just in case Grady got the idea to open one of the windows while he slept. Tabitha had calmed enough to change back to the small woman that no one would know could harm anything, much less become a beast that stood two feet higher, covered in claws and fur. She had borrowed some of D`nae clothes to replace hers that had torn apart when she shifted. “Do you really think that anyone, or thing is coming through that door?” Tabitha asked, watching Danny pull in his legs. “Wud ye be able tae turn doon yer auld master?” “He owned me by trade, not by will. She holds my loyalty.” “Then he ne’re took fae yer blad?” “No, he took a great deal.
