Bella, three steps away, watched him vanish with Kaida in his arms, and her ears drooped all the way down. Her tail drooped too. 'He did it again. He took Kaida and abandoned me. Again. He always forgets the cat. He remembers the dragon, he remembers the elf, he remembers everyone, and the cat gets left on the lawn like a... '
A hand landed on her rear, and a finger curled around the base of her tail, tugging gently, and Bella's complaint dissolved into a long, shivering moan before she even knew it was leaving her mouth.
"Let's go," his voice said from behind her, warm against her ear.
"Shouldn't you both be playing with my children before giving birth to the other ones?"
And he was gone, with both of them, leaving only spinning air and scattered grass.
