Chapter 253

• Jesse reached the back of the house just in time to see a cat heading into the trees. “Shit.” He stood there for a second wondering if he should go grab his pack or just go after her. Thera came bounding around the corner and slowed long enough to look at him. “Yeah, I screwed up.”
• She gave him a low moaning sound and took off running.
• “I’m coming.” He called out to her as he pulled his shirt over his head. Shaelan had said to tread carefully and be wary of triggers. Talking about her mother and Chicago was a trigger for Leah. Pulling his boots off, he winced as he took some skin from his ankle with them. Undoing them would have been helpful. Shucking his jeans, he listened, trying to pick up any sound from the cats charging through the bush. He’d expected Evanna to come out when Leah was triggered, not her cat.