#Kittens will grow up to be wonderful cats who will no doubt be taught to fetch by your charity’s hedgehog nutter

[aspiringhorrorauthor]

I’ve just started the process to adopting some kittens. Excited, nervous, everything at once. Also my email voice is fucking AWFUL

[bonefall]

Better Bones Hollyleaf

For @m3ow124 who asked for info about BB!Hollyleaf and I provide.

[ID: BB!Hollyleaf. She is a buff black cat with spiky bits all over her body, including a holly-shaped tail tuft. She has a spiky 'mane' that is still growing in.]

I'm a butch Hollyleaf truther. She's big like her mom, the body type is inherited from Runningwind.

BB!Po3 is a relaxed, slice-of-life kind of series with 'episodes' focusing on different events around the Lake as the Clans settle into their new territory.

Though the POV is still split, Hollyleaf is now the "central" character. She drives the wider narrative.

Examples of some episodes that will happen: The Shinewater Plague, Poppypaw's Undeath, Ripwater the River Monster, The Tunnels, the Reduxed Tribe Journey, Cinderpaw's broken leg retooled into an episode about her BPD, ShadowClan's Lichen ReBog Project, Sol working some chaos (but Blackstar doesn't loose faith until OotS), the Battle of the False Eclipse. I really will add just about anything that sounds fun.

She is a lesbian and her relationships with Willowshine, Heathertail, and Cinderheart are all given focus.

HOLLYLEAF AND FALLEN LEAVES ARE THE SAME CHARACTER. This story contains Time Travel Shenanigans.

She changes her name to Fallenleaf after returning from a century spent in the tunnels... and traps the God of Autumn inside of her lmao.

I haven't worked out her physical changes after becoming Fallenleaf, so feel free to suggest. I'm thinking of a kind of "ginger vitiligo," like orange-and-white patches resembling leaves creeping up her body making her look like Sol.

More art and relevant summaries I've done: Jayfeather and Longtail Cinderheart Leafpool Firestar

Below the cut: A full guide to Hollyleaf through Po3, Cruel Season, and Hollyleaf's Century, ending with closing notes about what she's up to in OotS and Beyond. She doesn't die in the Great Battle, she's got much more interesting things to do!

!!IT IS LONG!!

BB!Power of Three

Iceheart, once known as Scourge, is an important uncle-figure in her life. Mousefur, Firestar, Squirrelflight, Brambleclaw, Daisy, all cats she has opinions on during the various episodes.

Like canon, she is a cleric apprentice for a while. About a month or so.

In that time she became almost traitorously close with Willowpaw, and had to let her down gently.

It doesn't pan out as a cleric-- but she doesn't swap places with Jaypaw yet. He undergoes full Warrior training before choosing the path.

Firestar tasks his deputy, Brackenfur, with training Hollypaw in the hopes of bringing her up to snuff with her siblings.

Bracken and Holly get super close, and she's brought along on a lot of the diplomatic meetings with other Clans. She's being taught about Fire Alone, the ideology of her grandfather, Firestar.

She does have to reckon with it though-- as it exists as a challenge to parts of the Warrior Code. She is taught that she's an upcoming prodigy, and that she walks in the pawsteps of greatness. She has to be a hero-- but what does that mean?

She was meeting with Heatherpaw in the tunnels, not Lionblaze. Like canon, this ends after they're trapped and have to find their way out with young kittens, Sedgekit and Thistlekit.

As time goes on, she meets a lot of betrayal. Sedgepaw reveals the tunnels to Onestar, Willowpaw does nothing to stop Mistystar from joining the battle to attack ThunderClan in spite of all its help, and even ShadowClan does nothing to save Brackenfur during the Battle of the False Eclipse.

(This Eclipse is fake, it is Sol previewing what will come on the night of the Great Battle.)

We end Po3 with Holly deeply shaken, doubting what she's been taught and clinging even harder to the only thing she has left; that she is, by definition, a hero.

Seeing each grandkit grappling with their own arc, that Jayfeather feels StarClan hates him, Lionblaze with the fact he couldn't protect his Clan all alone, and Hollyleaf wondering if everything she's ever done has been worth it, he shares a prophecy he received long ago;

"There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws. All three of you, you will work this out. I know this because I love you, and StarClan is capable of making mistakes."

That's the last big conversation they have with him, because he soon dies in...

BB!Cruel Season

(A book between Po3 and OotS, bridging the lighthearted tone of the former with the serious, plot-driven one of the latter. This is reposted and fluffed from another post, you'll recognize it if you've seen it)

The prophecy is revealed at the end of Po3, Ashfur overhears Firestar's words, and Cruel Season opens up with the three grappling with its meaning.

This sets the stage for the following;

Hollyleaf worrying about what her purpose is if everything she's done has been for naught and StarClan is terrified of her.

Lionblaze concerned for what this means in terms of how he will protect ThunderClan if he is so powerful he could destroy it.

Jayfeather confirming to himself that StarClan is full of assholes, telling his siblings that he fought Molefall to save Hazeltail.

In addition, Ashfur is doing some prophecy math; Fire and Tiger + Kin of your Kin = Disaster

The death of Brackenfur, the prophecy, the fact Jayfeather has been fighting StarClan and Grandpaw Firestar just decided to do nothing about it..... it's got Holly isolating herself.

WHY does StarClan hate them? ...is it just Jayfeather? Is it because he's been defying them?

Cracks are starting to form, but that's still her brother. She loves him. This is when Sol pops up again, offering to be someone to talk to.

(Reminder: Harry is the vessel. Sol is the god inhabiting him.)

Harry is thinking this is for more manipulation, Sol itself is taking an interest in a possible new vessel as he grows bored.

But we're overdue for the fire scene.

This time, the Fire is NOT random. Unknown to the Three, this is a Dark Forest plot.

Thornclaw (knows the territory), Whiskernose (established as knowing how to manage fires in TNP), and Breezepelt (breezepelt) are creating a diversion so they can murder Firestar

Regardless, the Three are caught in it.

While helping to evacuate the camp, Jayfeather's senses are overwhelmed. He can't get out of the fire, Holly and Lion run back for him and the blaze surrounds them.

Squirrelflight is at the lip of the quarry on the far side, trying to kick down a weak tree they can run up

Ashfur makes his infamous move, kicking her to the side

"I CANT LET YOU DO THAT, SQUIRRELFLIGHT"

They have a fight, Ashfur shouting about the prophecy, Fire and Tiger + Kin of your Kin = they are fated to destroy the clans, if Squilf had chosen him this never would have happened

Squilf is pinned, but reveals with passion, "BRAMBLECLAW'S KITTENS ARE DEAD, THESE AREN'T MINE"

Ashfur is confused just enough that she's able to muster a massive kick, sending him flying into the weak tree, knocking it over

Lionblaze races across this tree to help Squilf, smacking Ashfur across the face

It's a Moment, Lionblaze seeing his mentor both furious and terrified of him, blood on his claws

Ashfur absconds, leaving the Three with Squilf

Now this next part is important and contains a big change of motivation from canon; I want it to be clear that Holly killing Ashfur is 100% her REVENGE. It's not about safety, nor about keeping the secret. So here's how it goes;

The blood on Lionblaze's paw, Squirrelflight’s wounds, and the absence of Ashfur is DEFINITIVE PROOF he tried to murder them

Brambleclaw, the deputy and defacto leader because Firestar is missing, is furious and declares that if Ashfur is seen on ThunderClan territory, he is to be considered a rogue and to be brought to justice.

Ferncloud, Cloudtail, and the rest of Ashfur's associates are shocked.

Birchfall, Ash's nephew, tries to ask "are you SURE?" But immediately regrets it, seeing the haunted look in their eyes.

Especially Lionblaze, Ashfur's apprentice. He's devastated.

When Hollyleaf hunts Ashfur down later, she is IGNORING the order to bring him to justice.

But before that happens... they discover the body of Firestar.

His throat is torn out. It's immediately assumed that Ashfur did it.

Ferncloud is choked up, "He wanted to hurt Squirrelflight so badly he settled for her father..."

Hollyleaf alone realizes that he had black fur in his claws during his vigil later...

And she removes it.

She speaks to Sol about this and he tells her that it was surely an omen.

It means SHE is responsible in some way.

She agrees and adds,

"I'll do what has to be done, I will prove I'm worthy! I'll exact justice on everyone who needs it, this black-furred killer, Ashfur, and the one who broke the code and set these events into motion with my birth"

Sol: "this woman is crazy im in so much love i need to possess her right now"

An aside; How are her sibs feeling right now?

Lionblaze remains very close with Squirrelflight, getting more of the truth from her.

He's confused and upset, but, accepts that she did it to protect them and Leafpool... even though he doesn't Get It yet.

He will Get It soon though. That's a secret tool that will help us later. Just for now remember Lionblaze Doesn't Get It.

(Squilf is always his mom and he has no doubt about this)

Jayfeather really doesn't want to hear it, having independently worked out that the only other parent they could have is Leafpool.

(since this wouldn't be a Federal Fucking Issue if it was Cloudtail)

That evokes a lot of negative emotions. Mostly resentment and bitterness.

All this time his questions about why StarClan hates him could have made sense and they just didn't.

The Queen's Rights are an important part of their culture but... there's so many lies here.

It doesn't matter if he can logically "Understand" or whatever, he hates that response, "Oh it makes sense" no shut your stupid mouths this all sucks. "We were lied to and I've been fighting my whole life for reasons that were kept from me"

All this turmoil makes him start leaning on Poppyfrost, for comfort, for the rightness of their relationship.

He leans on her too hard and she got pregnant. OOPSIE JayFUMBLE.

But anyway back to the Hollyleaf

A few weeks later Ashfur tries to drag himself to justice.

He's been living on his own, missing his family, hoping to find mercy for being unsuccessful.

It wasn't a fight. It was a murder.

(This is important for TBC later, as Ashfur is allowed into Silverpelt over this while also making sure that StarClan isn't accidentally incompetent like canon)

BB!Ashfur is characterized as being a truly "loyal" warrior. He did care about his Clan above all else and that is why StarClan accepts him.

Though he DID carry extra anger in his heart for Squilf rejecting him for Brambleclaw, the theme of BB is that these elements of Clan Culture, the commitment to the code and the willingness to do anything to protect it, are destructive.

Note: In TBC many arcs later, BB!Ashfur does actually care about enforcing a strict interpretation of the Code, AND ALSO he wants to have Squilf. It's both.

Next on Hollyleaf's list; Leafpool.

SECRET REVEAL TIME

She does the big Gathering Reveal

Bramblestar IMMEDIATELY demotes Squirrelflight from her deputy role for covering this up, breaks up with her, and disowns his children.

Assures the gathering that there will be consequences for Leafpool, and promotes Thornclaw to deputyship on the spot.

Jayfeather is now the only Cleric of ThunderClan.

Breezepelt, who was tense but friendly with the Three, has declared them his enemies because Crowfeather CAVED IMMEDIATELY and admitted he loved Leafpool, embarrassing him in public AGAIN by making it clear he was not wanted

"They're the reason he treats me like this! They're disgusting! They shouldn't have been born! I thought they were my friends but they were actually part of my torment!"

ThunderClan IMMEDIATELY starts treating the Three differently, because they are halfclan and cleric children

Lionblaze suddenly understands what Squilf meant by, "I did it to protect my sister, but also to protect the three of you"

Remember that thing from before? He Gets It Now.

"Sometimes keeping secrets is Good Actually," concludes Lionblaze

Opinions are split about Squilf and Leafpool,

"Squilf was protected by the Queen’s Rights"

"Leafpool still broke the code tho"

"That should have stayed between her and StarClan, she did the right thing"

"That law is stupid anyway!"

"Uhhh no it's not? Brokenstar? Ripplestar? Leopardstar? Helloo??"

"Are you saying Squilf's kids are tyrants? What is wrong with you?"

"I'm saying you don't respect the code you heathen!"

"She still lied to Bramblestar and needs consequences!"

"A halfclan cat is a halfclan cat! It was revealed and we must deal with it!"

ThunderClan is fighting, basically.

Holly has her scene later of trying to get Leafpool to eat deathberries, like canon Leaf is a queen who's like, "...girl you can't hurt me more than I already am"

And this is the point where Poppyfrost realizes she is pregnant. They're Jayfeather's. He is the only Cleric in ThunderClan, Poppyfrost does not want to be a single mother, it's a mess.

So they contact Cinderheart and Lionblaze and ask for help. They agree-- but preparing for the arrival of the kittens means they'd need to start saying they're mates.

Cinderheart, the cat that Holly is actively interested in: "hey uh Hollyleaf I'm, uh, mates with your brother now?"

Hollyleaf:

"Youre McFuckinf What?"

Cindy, unable to keep a secret and not really being in love with Lionblaze, admits there are kits she needs to adopt. Hollyleaf does more deduction and jumps to the correct conclusion, Poppyfrost is pregnant because Jayfeather has violated his vow.

And she's going to do something about this.

Sol offers his services. Friendship ENDED with Harry; now HOLLYLEAF is my best friend.

Hollyleaf decides Jayfeather needs to be dealt with. He has disobeyed StarClan for the last time

As he slips into the Tunnels to communicate with Rock, she follows him, planning to kill him quietly

Lionblaze intercepts this, defending Jay.

"What happened to my sister?! Hollyleaf, this isn't you!"

"A black cat killed Firestar, and I've killed that black cat! Soon I will put an end to all enemies of the Warrior Code!"

"What does that MEAN"

The fighting destabilizes the tunnel, Lionblaze is able to push Jayfeather out just in time before the rockslide

Sol saves Hollyleaf's life by teleporting her 100 years into the past, so that she isn't killed by the collapse.

Lionblaze is a tank and rocks can't kill him, when the Clan digs him out, he's just bruised and unconscious

They never find Hollyleaf's body, or any remains at all. Not even blood.

The book ends with the birth of Ivykit and Dovekit, tension settling over the entire family, pain and mourning all at once.

Cinderheart admits she still loves her, and misses her with her whole heart. Lionblaze can't understand why it happened. Jayfeather is expressing his pain through anger. Poppyfrost wants to put this behind her as soon as possible.

UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, Hollyleaf is with them right now! Here's how Hollyleaf BECOMES Fallen Leaves, causes the collapse of LionClan, LeopardClan, and TigerClan, and sets the events of DOTC into motion;

Hollyleaf's Century

I will state my intentions though, so you can see what I'm trying to do here;

The downfall of the three kinships MUST go back to Hollyleaf preventing them from mounting resistance by being focused on pointless bullshit. It must be her fault that they lost, by trying to rigidly force the code onto a completely different society.

Sol is the God of Autumn, of change, of rules, and of games.

Story opens up with the cave-in. Hollyleaf is going to be crushed.

So, instead, Sol changes the time around them. Holly does not know this, but he has dragged her over 100 years into the past.

She's found by a cat named Broken Shadow.

Broken Shadow nurses her back to health and adopts her, introducing her to the Shadow Family, teaching her the language, and introducing her to society, as a parent does.

She's with them for a few months, enough to learn Lakemew and become accepted.

The Lake Cats find her name strange, Hollyleaf, and start calling her Hollyleaf Shadow, but she insists instead it is Holly Leaves.

"Ah, we see we see :)"

The Lake at this point was almost completely forested, Holly used to think the Ancient Oak was special but... now she wonders if that's how big all trees are supposed to be.

There are three societies around the Lake. The Shadow Family belongs to the Tiger Kinship, there's also a Lion Kinship and a Leopard Kinship.

She gets introduced to Jay's Wing and Dove's Wing, twins from the Leopard Kinship, and their cousin Lion's Roar, who is the leader of the Lion Kinship.

Holly is uncomfortable about loyalty being split between borders.

However, these groups largely interact peacefully.

Jay's Wing is some sort of student of the tunnels, he worships an ancient god.

Holly Leaves is disturbed that they do not have a StarClan and have these... entities. Yes she has Sol but she doesn't WORSHIP him.

Everything Changed When the Victorians Attacked

Environmental destruction I'm still working out, you know what, I'm gonna mark this

(MIDDLE SECTION IS STILL UNDER A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, THIS SECTION IS THE MOST SUBJECT TO CHANGE, THE POLITICS ARE FUZZY.)

First things first; the Lake is shrinking. The Leopard Kinship seeks help because they have less fishing territory.

Why? The river beyond what-is-now RiverClan territory is being forcefully tamed, straightened to flow fast through the town and for conversion into farmland.

This makes the water flow faster and spend less time in the Lake, both making the river itself more dangerous, damaging the northern wetland, and shrinking the Lake.

Leopard Kinship weakens but becomes more reliant on the other Kinships. This is normal for them.

Holly Leaves uses this moment to start gathering power. At first it's simple magic tricks, doing little bits of aid, using Sol's power.

She knows what the humans did to the Old... New... The Forest of her Forefathers. She knows she needs these cats to trust her.

It's for their own good, she says.

The quarry is set up in what is now ThunderClan's camp, in what was Tiger Kinship territory. It's likely a sandstone quarry specifically.

Slurry was dumped into the river between what-is-now ThunderClan and WindClan territory. This is before that gorge dried up.

Lake is slowly poisoned. Dust from the quarry degrades the nearby forest.

When the logging begins, Holly Leaves grabs authority, leading the Shadow Family and many cats of the Tiger Kinship into battle to take the Leopard Kinship.

They don't put up much of a fight, Jay and Dove try to calm their family down, assuring them that Holly is a vessel for a deity and likely has ancient knowledge.

"There needs to be some changes around here. This is all because you have no one in the Stars to protect you. But I'm here now-- I will save you."

At first it's battle training, but she starts making hard roles. Borders must be defended. There must be healers.

Lion Kinship can join them or be gone. That's the only territory not destroyed and they need the land.

Using the power vested in her by Sol, she starts leading attacks to bring all cats under her power so they can fight the humans.

To oppose her, Lion's Roar becomes quite vicious. He reminds her that he needs 13 sacrifices, and she's feeding them to him.

3 heroes; Three Seasonal Gods. Jay's Wing eventually undergoes a Tunnel Trial to earn Rock's Favor, and his twin Dove's Wing appeals to the benevolent god of Spring, Midnight.

(Insert political drama I'm still teasing out)

The important thing about this drama is that it MUST go back to Holly Leaves being obsessed with control and punishment, dedication to her code of ethics that don't matter to this society, devolving the Three Kinships into infighting.

Leopard Kinship probably makes some kind of break for freedom, which is when Jay and Dove eventually break with Holly

This infighting eventually leads to Jay's Wing's death.

Holly killed him in a fit of rage, somehow, this I know but I am still working out

She looks down at the cat who was her brother and becomes sick, realizing what she's done, what she tried to do in the past, and how she's gotten what she wanted

His god, Rock, is in absolute despair over this.

He takes the body and buries it outside of the tunnel where Jay's Wing completed his trial; the only patch of Old Forest left in the modern Lake Territories.

Dove's Wing is distraught. Lion's Roar is enraged. Holly Leaves' political power dissipates.

They insult her by calling her Folly Leaves. "Great job saving us all, Folly Leaves."

The Lake is destroyed, the forest is gone, except the patch where Jay's Wing was buried. Humans pass right by it, like they can't even see it.

There's nothing left.

Holly keeps trying to demand they stay, trying to force them to remain... and Dove Wing has to put her down, to save the survivors.

(AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO SOLID GROUND)

After this, Dove Wing renames herself to Half Moon. A broken half of a pair, to signify how she will never be whole again.

Half Moon goes on to found the tribe, and Folly Leaves is alone.

"At least I still have my god"

"I'm bored now Holly lmao have fun byee"

Sol kicks her spirit out of her own body, and returns to the future, expecting her to fade away over the course of the following century. He leaves her for dead, essentially.

Alone, in despair, and overwhelmed by guilt, Hollyleaf can only imagine her family for comfort.

Over the decades, she begins to forget her own name. Hollyleaf, Holly Leaves, Folly Leaves, Fallen Leaves... she can't remember which one was correct. Are any of them right?

She watches the Lake wither, to the point where even the humans can't live there.

And then... she watches it recover too. Slowly becoming the home of her childhood.

The whole time, she's waiting for her family to come home.

One day, with no warning, a young Squirrelpaw, Brambleclaw, and Crowfoot tumble into her hole.

She remembers an old story her mother taught her once, of a StarClan Warrior who passed on a prophecy that reunited them after they had been scattered.

"When the great storm brews, meet together where the dusk begins and the sun drowns."

She begins to remember things. And she remembers, SOL NEEDS TO BLEED.

Years later she FINALLY gets her chance. She sees her own body guiding a couple of apprentices into the tunnels, and leaps out of the shadows, catching her neck in her teeth.

Sol can't believe she's STILL HERE he expected her to DIE

TIME LOOP COMPLETE, Fallen Leaves has her body back.

After this, she declares that her name is Fallenleaf!

...probably because she doesn't remember it was actually Hollyleaf and she guessed wrong. But it stuck.

Aaaand one last segment!

OotS and Beyond

She has to re-acclimate to society after 100 years in a tunnel.

And... she has a lot of guilt looking at Jayfeather. Her brother, her ally, her enemy, her victim.

He wants his sister back, it's been a long and hard time without her. She can't unsee his dying eyes.

Cinderheart missed her more than anything, and Fallen missed her too. She reminds her of good times and simple lessons.

Fallen takes part in the Great Battle, but has to balance the angry, trapped god inside of her the whole time, preventing her from taking risks.

After the Great Battle and a near death, she gets with Cinderheart almost immediately.

Ivypool and Dovewing are IFFY about this-- their parents were never romantically involved but they've never seen their mother so happy.

That's pretty difficult, both for Dovewing who's filled with rage about Life In General and Ivypool who's, deep down, a huge people-pleaser.

(They are still not aware that Jayfeather and Poppyfrost are their bioparents, that's revealed in TBC.)

Cinder and Fallen raise a kitten together, Hollylark.

The kit was created when Fallenleaf's magic misfired during a sneeze, magically making Cinderheart pregnant. OOPS.

After the events of AVoS, Fallenleaf starts realizing how... out of place she is, here. She is loved, but she can't be a normal warrior responsibly with how strong she is.

Now that she realizes how small the politics of Clans are... these feel like games. Like something Sol would do. Is that true? Or is she just insecure

She knows nothing about herself, so she can't answer these questions.

The catalyst for her leaving is Hollylark's horrible, young death. She doesn't know if there's anything she could have done to prevent this.

So... she has to find out.

Fallenleaf leaves to go learn more about herself from Midnight. Cinderheart goes with her. Wherever she goes, she will follow.

[turtlemagnum]

for a while, years now, the backyard at my grandparents has slowly become overgrown. the bamboo spread like wildfire, the deck i had known all my life fell into slow disrepair. i still remember a couple of years back, there was a family of kittens that lived in the deck for a little while, until they grew up. my grandparents finally decided enough was enough, and hired a yardwork company to tear it all down. the grass, the deck, the bamboo, everything. looking back at it fills me with an intense grief, knowing that i'll never have it back. i really liked that back yard. i grew up in it, to a certain extent. the grass will grow back, but that bamboo's been there for literally as long as i can remember, as was the deck. no cats will come to our yard for shelter, anymore. part of me wants to say, "i've been depression spiraling for a while now", but i've gotta wonder if i'm ever not depression spiraling. the constant noise, both of the crew working in the backyard and of my grandparents TV constantly blaring loud enough to shake the house, it's driving me insane. at night, i used to still listen to what i'd listen to during the day, but now i take whatever silence i can get. i even turned off my ceiling fan because the noise was becoming too much. i wish i could go deaf at will.

a little while ago, the cat came into my room. she's not the most social creature, but she's been known to come in here every now and again. and like usual, she walked up to me and just sort of... lingered, for a short while. letting me know she's here. a bit after that, i walked out to the kitchen to refill my drink, and i saw her looking out at the yard for the first time i've seen her do it since the yardwork started. i wonder if she cares about it as much as i do. i wonder if she knows how much i care. i wish i could tell her

earlier my grandpa asked how i was doing. i couldn't answer honestly. i don't want to talk about it with them. i've been taught over my time living here that if i express my negative emotions honestly to them, i tend to get yelled at or at best, ignored. at this point i'm starting to wonder how much i want these people in my life at all. it's not even that i want to cut them out or anything... i just need, distance. i feel like i have to live alone on a mountaintop for a few decades. obviously that wouldn't go well for me, but the feeling is there.

i spend a lot of time thinking about the best case scenario for me. i finish my game, it gets big, i get to live out my dreams and never have to worry about money again. i feel like if i didn't have that hope of going forward, i wouldn't be able to go forward at all. i've been beating myself up for not being able to do anything productive lately, but it's occurred to me that i'm in the particular stage of depression where even being able to get out of bed is an achievement. i sincerely hope i'll be on the other end of this, soon. i doubt it's gonna be anytime soon, though. i feel like i won't be happy until i'm able to live on my own and actively decide who i want to spend my time with; or at the very least exist in the same physical space with.

[mud-castle]

In the dark mirror au, have their been instances were kittypet queens kinda just expect their kits to be taken and make sure that they're ready? Like, Thunderclan breaks into a Twoleg nest and instead of fighting the queen, she's just like "I've got two mollies and a tom, one of the mollies is a little small, though I think she's big enough to still go with you. I gave them forest-y names; Pebble, Fern, and Sparrow, please let them keep their names as a final gift from their mother." Has something like that ever happened?

Wow, that's depressing...

So, I must put it in:

Story below the cut:

Paprika was a fool.

She had known of the raids the forest cats sometimes launched on the neighborhood cats. She had known of the kits that had been stolen and of mothers and fathers who had been injured when they tried to protect them.

Yet, she had also known that the raids were rare, more often done on loners, rogues, and city cats. The forest cats didn't want to draw the ire of the humans by attacking their pets too often. Rather, their attacks on the neighborhood were more often made at those who had strayed too close to their beloved trees.

So, Paprika had dismissed the concerns of her friend Trixie when she'd told her of her plans to have kits. The last raid the forest cats had been just about a month ago. Often, they only happened two or three times a year. Paprika had seen a number of kittens born, grow, and be given their own housefolk.

Paprika had always wanted kits, little ones running around under her paws. She'd daydreamed of the things she would teach them. Like, the best places to sharpen your claws, the names of types of birds that came around the feeder, how to get your housefolk to scratch the itch you couldn't reach, and so much more. And, like the idiot she was, she'd decided that it was safe to finally have her own.

She'd been given birth to three precious kittens three months later. Two mollies and a tom. Two weeks went by without issue. Parenting was a little harder than she anticipated, but with the help of her housefolk, she took to it rather easily. The kittens had opened their eyes and ears and explored the world that was the basket in the kitchen.

A week later, a forest cat had been spotted four houses from her own. It had simply walked along the fence, looking into houses, and disappeared about an hour later. Paprika kept a closer eye on her kittens. They had begun to babble, weakly attempting to mimic her own words.

Two nights after that, the cat was seen again. Two houses from her own. It had done the same thing, watching the houses, before going off once again. Paprika decided to stay in the house instead of spending her mornings and evenings outside chatting with the neighborhood cats and dogs. Her kits had started mewing their first word. "Mama"

Two nights later, Paprika was awoken by nothing. Her kittens lay sound asleep next to her. She gave each of them a lick on the head, heart warming as they purred contently. Her housefolk had gone to bed a little earlier than usual. She could hear him snoring away. With a yawn, she turned her head towards the window. She froze.

Wide, orange eyes locked onto narrowed, green ones. Paprika had never seen a forest cat before. It was big, far bigger than her. She couldn't see much of its details as it had its back turned to the light of the moon. But she could see its eyes slide over to where her kittens were nestled against her, and the glint of fangs as its mouth parted into a wide, wicked grin.

Paprika bristled, alarm shooting through her body. She turned in the direction of her housefolk's room, wondering if she could wake him up before the forest cat could try anything. But when she turned back to the window, it was gone. Paprika didn't go back to sleep.

Rage hit first, then indignance, then helplessness. There was nothing she could do to protect her kittens. She'd personally seen the wounds on cat who had fought back. The forest cats never killed them, but they left some wishing they had. She plead for help, but no one would. Many cats turned their noses, sneering that she deserved it for making such a idiotic decision. Others simply gave her a pitying look, unwilling to risk their lives for a pawful of kits. They told her to accept her fate. Some of the dogs had wanted to help, but were unable to escape their backyards. Deep down she'd known better than to bother asking.

So, she did the one thing she could think of. She prepared her kittens for the inevitable. She made up stories of strong, noble cats who fought monsters in the woods. She taught them a hunting a crouch as best as she could. They began to speak in full sentences. They played games like "Hunter" where one of them was a mouse and the others had to catch them, or "Battle" where their made up groups fought off monsters.

It took longer than she thought, about a month later. But, she wasn't surprised when one night when her housefolk had gone out they appeared in the kitchen , eyes gleaming, claws flexing. No doubt prepared for a fight. They were big, and their pelts were unnaturally glossy and sleek. Paprika eyed each one, a spotted molly, a light gray tom, and the cat she'd seen in the window. His jaw was scarred and crooked.

She sighed quietly, numbness overtaking her body. She nudged her kittens to the strange cats, ignoring the confused squeaks of protest. The foresters blinked at her in surprise, expecting her to fight back or at least run.

"These are my kits," she began quietly, "there are two mollies and a tom."

She nudged the first kit, a dark tabby molly. "This one is Sparrow, she's the eldest." The bold kit swatted at the spotted she-cat when she bent to pick her up. The wild cat withdrew, hissing slightly, before snatching her up roughly.

"Ow!" Sparrow cried, "Mama! She's hurting me!"

Paprika flinched, but nosed her second kit, "He is Fern, the second oldest." Fern, took a slight step back, glancing back warily.

"Mama?"

He didn't fight when the gray tom picked him up, gentler than the spotted one had been with Sparrow.

A lump had begun to form in her throat by the time she turned to her youngest, the runt. "This is Pebble, she's the youngest. She's a little small but-" she paused to choke back sob, "but, I think she's strong enough to make the journey."

None of the cats moved. The crooked jawed tom stared at the kitten for a long moment. Finally, he sneered, speaking for the first time, "Scrap couldn't even survive a stiff wind." He flicked his tail, and the other two cats moved towards the door.

A strange mix of relief and guilt made Paprika's legs quiver. She quickly took her littlest one back to the basket, almost afraid he'd change his mind if she took too long. Her other kittens cried for her as they were taken away from the basket, away from their home, away from her. She curled her paws around her littlest one, not daring to face the foresters again, unable to face the looks of betrayal her kittens were surely throwing her.

She heard a scoff from behind her, the spotted molly, "I told you kittypets were cowardly, they won't even defend their own kits."

"She'll just have more later." The crooked jawed tom answered breezily, "Probably won't even remember these ones."

Another voice, the gray tom, "Next time she should mate with a stronger tom. These tiny things are hardly worth the effort."

Their voices grew muffled as they left through the cat flap.

She looked to the little kitten they had left her. Pebble. Paprika's lips curled back at the name. Never would this little one be taken from her. She would not touch the land beyond the fence or fight over a pile of bones. Paprika wanted her to never have any association with the wild cats. This little kit would never know hunger, or bloodshed, or anything outside of the housefolk's protection. And she certainly wouldn't bear the name of anything from that wretched forest.

She clutched her littlest one close, her rage giving way to grief. She finally allowed her tears to fall, for sobs to shake her shoulders. How could she have been so stupid?

"Mama?" her kitten mewed, pawing at her face in concern, "Are you okay? Mama?"

"Next time" the gray tom had said.

Next time?

There wouldn't be a next time.

[theimpossiblescheme]

“she practised her smile until it was perfect.”--for demeter

Nobody ever asked Demeter outright what she was thinking when she advocated for the other Mouser’s Palace cats to properly join the Tribe. But with every question and dubious stare, it was certainly implied. Alonzo, Socrates, and Bombalurina all had blood on their paws. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer were certainly no innocents themselves. And while Jemima, Electra, and Plato were only kittens, they would never be able to shake the shadow of their father looming over them.

And of course, she couldn’t possibly be an objective judge. Macavity’s mate, their stares all seemed to say, almost accusing. His captured bride, his accomplice… who are you to ask for our trust, for them or yourself? Who are you to tell us what’s in their hearts? Who are they?

Who are you?

It wasn’t an easy answer, but it was still one she felt confident in.

She was Macavity’s mate once. She’d been dazzled by his daring independence, the way he flew in the face of his Tribe’s and even his father’s expectations. She’d loved the quiet intensity in his voice, the candle glow and heat, when he talked about his plans for the future. About his magic, which he claimed to have won in a battle of wits against a cat more ancient than time itself. About how it set him apart, prevented even his family from understanding. No one ever would… except for her.

She thought she’d understood him, once upon a time. She felt that same heat in her own belly, that same yearning. That shadow over her own thoughts he taught her to embrace rather than fear. She could be as strong and as sharp as she wanted to be, she could be absolutely unstoppable… by his side.

So when he beckoned her, she followed.

And he made so many delicious promises, once upon a time. Do this for me, and I’ll be yours. Find this bit of information for me, and we’ll be safe together. Bring this cat to me, and we’ll be kings and queens of the alleys together, of our own palace. Kill him for me, and you’ll be free from the whispers. Come to me with his blood on your paws, and you’ll be mine.

She was his. Every part of her—the slashes across her back and cheeks when she failed, the claw-rings around her wrists and arms, the punctures in her thighs and ankles. She was his entirely, or so he said.

She was the mother of his daughter. When he found out she was pregnant, his tune didn’t change immediately. At first, he sang triumphantly about their little princess who would someday inherit their ever-growing kingdom, about the fierce claws and molten heart of the queen who carried her. But the farther along and the weaker she became from carrying so much weight, the more his songs took on a more wheedling tone. She mustn’t hurt herself after all, she mustn’t damage the treasure inside her, she must be kept safe and cared for… no one else must be allowed to touch her…

So she was kept inside one of the crates in the cellar of their palace. Even after Jemima was born. When the day came, Macavity only stayed long enough to confirm the kitten had magic, a chance of becoming a worthy heir one day. “Well done, my dearest,” he whispered, ghosting a kiss across her lips, but drawing away before she could truly register the touch. She had to continue earning it, after all.

She was Jemima’s only real parent… to the exclusion of all else. When the little one was old enough to see the world with her own eyes, Macavity forbade her mother from coming to his conferences. “You’re in a delicate state right now, my dear,” he cooed, sliding a claw gently along the side of her face. “Imagine the poor thing growing up without a mother because of some scuffle upstairs? Imagine her growing up without any siblings… we want to give her a family, don’t we?”

When she couldn’t give Jemima siblings (or perhaps he couldn’t, but he would never admit to it), she became useless to him. Forever confined to her crate in the cellar, only trotted out when Macavity wanted to present proof of his influence—that he was loved. When she felt these strangers’ eyes on her, she practiced her old smile until it was perfect.  And when she put up even a token show of resistance, it only earned her another bloody stripe beneath her fur before she was locked up again.

She was practically a stranger to him now. For so long, she never understood why.

In his absence, she saw the cats around her more and more. She saw the tired desperation in Alonzo’s eyes, the way he itched at his paws even when they were clean. She heard the injected cheer in Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer’s voices as they staunchly refused to talk about what they’d actually been up to all day, the weary pride in Bombalurina’s as she did discuss what Macavity asked of her and dared anyone to judge her for it. She sensed the cautious hope in Socrates and little Electra, the silent anxiety in Plato… the latter two her own step-children.

She understood them, too.

She understood them more, now.

She was still asserting herself with all her might, even if it meant the existing scars all across her body stung horribly as she did, even if it only earned her new ones. Even if it wasn’t on her own behalf. After a particularly terrible struggle, Macavity sank one set of claws in even deeper around her paw and traced her face with the other set, this time much more forcefully. “What would you do without me, my dear?” he rumbled in her ear. “Where would you go? Who else would have you, knowing what you’ve done? We’ve both too much blood on our paws, and I’ve trusted you too much to lose that heart of yours… we deserve each other.” He pressed his face even closer against hers. “You deserve me.”

Even after she escaped, even on the brightest and happiest days, she still heard that whisper.

And she wondered if the other inhabitants of hers and Macavity’s palace heard it, too.

They deserved each other.

So if she couldn’t speak on their behalf, turn that understanding into empathy and compassion to be shared with her new family… who was she? Who were they?

She still felt that creeping doubt, like a flea’s egg under her skin, some days. Especially when Macavity was near. That sense of dread that he would find her and drag her back there…

You deserve me.

But she was safe in the Junkyard. She was protected. And failing that, she still had the same fierce claws and molten heart he’d once praised and she now hoped he’d come to fear. Secure in that knowledge, she followed street artists and musicians from block to block, accompanied workers and cooks as they smoked and chatted, laughed with Bombalurina and Jellylorum, played with Jemima and her young friends, shared concerns and felt needles with Jenyanydots, warmed her heart even more with Alonzo and Munkustrap…

She deserved them. Every day, she let herself believe that more and more.

She never hid. She never abandoned her voice. She was always present, always alert, always there to lend a paw or a shoulder. She loved and fought fearlessly in equal measure. She was kind, and she was utterly undaunted.

She was Demeter. She was a kindred spirit and friend to many. She was loved by all, including two mates and two kittens. She was a redeemer, a listener, a lantern in the dark for anyone else who needed it. She was intimately familiar with the dark—she knew how to walk it and lead others out of it. She was equal parts anger and forgiveness, danger and comfort. She was once queen of the Mouser’s Palace, if only in name.

She could be queen here, too. In more than just name.

Long may she reign.

[bevvydraws]

Sweet Justice (cont.)

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Chapter 4

Chat Noir almost wanted to groan at his current predicament. Tied up by a rope that the knights had managed to scrounge up somewhere, unable to move and a million thoughts racing through his head. 

Ladybug is--was--Marinette. 

Marinette is now akumatized. 

Chat Noir loves Ladybug. 

Adrien loves Marinette.

Adrien didn’t see that Marinette was struggling. He didn’t see that she needed help. He wasn’t there for her as a friend or as a partner. He had failed. She probably got akumatized because she felt she couldn’t trust anyone, even him. Even Chat Noir. 

Chat Noir began panicking slightly, feeling overwhelmed by the new information and not sure where to go from here. This would normally be the part where Ladybug would tell him her plan and he would see it through with her. But Ladybug wasn’t here. And she wouldn’t be showing up any time soon. He looked around at his classmates, all turned into knights ready to follow Princess Justice to the ends of the Earth if she asked. He couldn’t even find it in himself to be upset at them, because he could only imagine the guilt they must have felt before succumbing to her powers. 

He had to figure out how to escape without hurting any of them. Chat Noir sat quietly, gently chewing on his lip as he racked his brain with ideas. His baton was just out of reach, no one taking it since Princess Justice hadn’t told them to. If he could just stretch his leg out far enough to get his baton back, he’d feel a lot more prepared to make another move. Chat Noir tried to subtly stretch his leg out, scooting forward a little bit in order to get the toe of his boot around the baton. He had almost had it back to him when the classroom door opened. 

In walked Ivan and Kim, the two knights who had carried Lila to outside to be publicly humiliated in her stocks. In the back of his mind, Chat Noir was pleased with that knowledge. Behind Ivan and Kim, however, walked a third knight that Chat didn’t recognize. As the knight marched to him, Chat scooted himself backwards as far against the wall as he could, his baton forgotten. Normally, Chat wouldn’t have acted so cowardly in front of a villain. 

But these weren’t villains. These were good people protecting someone dear to him. He wasn’t sure how to feel right now. 

The knight stopped in front of him, extending a hand out to show that they were holding a letter. Chat looked up at them, and trying to sound as normal as possible, said, “Now I can’t very well take that letter with my arms behind my back, now can I?”

While this was meant to be sarcastic, the knights looked at each other pensively. 

“Her Royal Highness told me to deliver this letter to him,” the knight holding the letter said, “and to only let him read it.” 

Nino looked at him, glazed over eyes narrowed in contemplation. Alya spoke up, “If Her Royal Highness wants him to read it, then we have no choice but to untie him long enough to let him do so.” 

“You’re right,” Nino nodded, before forcing Chat Noir to stand up and beginning to untie him, “No funny business, cat.” Chat tried not to think too hard about how the voice coming out of his best friend was Nino’s voice, but at the same time sounded nothing like him. 

“Cat’s honor,” Chat replied smoothly, forcing his usual confident attitude. Once he was untied, he took the letter from the knight and read over the letter as the knights were on guard, expecting him to try and escape. 

“Dear Chat Noir,” the letter started, “You have no obligation to trust me, but I have no intention of giving Hawkmoth what he wants. I have a plan, but I need you to help in order for things to go in our favor. I know where his lair is. I was right before to suspect Gabriel Agreste. I know this will be hard on you… given your identity, but I trust that you will help me on my quest to make things right once and for all.” Chat felt tears well up in his eyes, not sure whether to cry over the fact his father was Hawkmoth afterall, or over the fact that Marinette said she trusted him even now. Wiping his tears away before they could even fall, he continued reading, “I need you to remain a prisoner for now, and trust me.” At the bottom of the letter the name Princess Justice was signed in regal, swooping letters, but it was obvious that she wrote this in a hurry. 

Chat Noir folded the letter up and stuck it in the pocket of his suit before holding his hands out in surrender. “Alright, you can tie me back up now.” 

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“It’s odd that Ladybug hasn’t shown up yet,” Princess Justice mused out loud, feigning concern. “Maybe she doesn’t care about her little kitten as much as she previously let on.” She mostly said this out loud for Hawkmoth’s benefit, as she had come to realize that Hawkmoth couldn’t read her thoughts, only hear what she was saying. Even the view he had from her eyes seemed to be limited, as he hadn’t said anything about the note she had written to Chat Noir. 

Now all Princess Justice had to do was act busy as she assembled her army. She could feel her ranks growing, a single thought resonating clearly throughout everyone’s minds: to seek justice. To free Paris of the plague it had been cursed with for so long. It was time to set things right. 

As she moved through the streets, she had a flock of knights surrounding her at all times. She was more than capable of defending herself, and she was confident no one would try and attack her, but she had to save face before Hawkmoth became too suspicious of her. “Set up a throne for me in the school courtyard. I have a few declarations to make. Our army is just about large enough.” 

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It didn’t take long for everything to be set up in the gym. A makeshift throne was quickly built by dismantling various furniture around the school. It wasn’t perfect, but Princess Justice found herself fond of it anyways. It was situated on the upper floor of the school overlooking the rest of the courtyard. Princess Justice was already settled into place on her throne, Alya and Nino on either side of her as her most trusted and dearest knights. 

Of course, when she had approached the school she had seen Lila in her stocks, no longer screaming but begging desperately to be released. She whined and complained about her wrists being sore, and her back hurting from her awkward standing position. Princess Justice was barely able to contain her laughter, finding humor in the situation. Because for once, Lila was being honest about her ailments. But despite that, she did not stop to give Lila any attention and simply brushed passed her like she wasn’t there. 

Now that she was away from Lila, however, she allowed her amused smirk to grace her lips as she looked down at the courtyard. Slowly, the area below was being filled by knights. One by one, or sometimes in small groups, they would march in and automatically fall into formation. They stared ahead at nothing, on standby until their Princess addressed them. Princess Justice turned to Alya, “How did our kitten behave?” she asked, keeping things cryptic enough to where Hawkmoth would not understand what she was actually asking. 

“He seemed dejected the entire time, Highness,” Alya responded, “but he did not put up a fight.” 

“Excellent,” Princess Justiced said, with a little too much relief in her tone. She coughed quietly and looked to Nino, “Get someone to bring him out here to me. I want him right at my feet.” In a flash, Nino was gone, and a moment later he and Kim were bringing Chat Noir to her. Chat didn’t struggle even the slightest bit, his gaze fixed to the floor as he was forced to sit on the ground right next to her feet. 

“Oh kitty,” Princess Justice crooned sweetly, her fingers slightly ruffling his hair, “I know how hard it must be for you, not knowing where your spotted heroine is. You must feel so abandoned and alone.” She knew she would have to play up her role as someone on Hawkmoth’s side, but she prayed her kitten would be able to read between the lines. 

“I know my Lady hasn’t abandoned me,” Chat whispered, “She’s never let me down before. I don’t believe she’d start now.” 

Princess Justice was touched, but wouldn’t let it show. Taking advantage of Hawkmoth’s limited sight through her eyes, she gently tilted Chat Noir’s face up to look at her and mouthed a ‘thank you’ to him. Chat’s eyes were watery, and he sniffled the tiniest bit, but he still grinned at her. The same grin he always gave Ladybug. 

But there was something more to it now. The innocence and trust in his eyes, even behind the mask, reminded Princess Justice so much of Adrien. Chat Noir was so naive in most things, despite his obvious intelligence and competence as a hero. He flirted clumsily, as if he were the protagonist in a cheesy rom-com, but it was obviously genuine. He made poorly timed jokes, like someone who hadn’t been taught to read a room, but he never had ill intentions. 

Yes, it was obvious to Princess Justice now, that Adrien and Chat Noir were one and the same, and briefly she wondered why she had never put two and two together before. But she knew the answer. She was afraid of knowing. Afraid that once the secrets were gone she would be forced to open up more of herself to him, something she wasn’t sure she could do. Her fear of showing weakness to one of the most important people in her life, even though he’d never given her reason to fear opening up to him, crippled her to the point where she wasn’t able to see the answer right in front of her. 

Literally, he sat right in front of her. And she never noticed. 

If Hawkmoth knew that the owner of one of the miraculouses he was so desperately hunting was his son, would he stop? Would he feel guilt or remorse? Princess Justice sincerely doubted it, and the thought made her heart break. 

“Ladybug won’t show,” Princess Justice whispered, “Obviously she’s too much of a coward.” 

“You and I must be talking about different Ladybugs,” came Chat’s quick response. 

Princess Justice wanted to argue, but it would do no good. She had a mission to accomplish. Slipping another note to Chat Noir, detailing her plan to take down Hawkmoth, she stood from her throne and made her way to the railing. Instantly all eyes below were on her, their attention focused entirely on the powerful presence before them. 

“My dear knights. Today is a day that will go down in history. Today, you shall protect me on my journey to escort Chat Noir to Hawkmoth personally. Should anyone stand in our way, I trust you will take care of them quickly and with grace. Our aim is not to harm anyone, because violence only breeds more violence,” her voice rang out into the courtyard, her words like a magic spell. Which, technically, was true for the knights. But it was likely that even those untouched by the macarons would have followed her anyways. “There is no time like the present, and since Ladybug is nowhere to be found, we’ll take Chat Noir first and then go bug hunting after!” 

The crowd of knights let out a resounding cheer, ready to serve their Princess. She smiled down at the sea of supporters, and felt a sense of relief. Everything was going to be okay. She would be able to pull this off. No one was going to get in the way of her justice. 

The only warning signs before the attack was the sound of soft footfall on the school roof behind her. Princess Justice barely had time to process as she ungracefully leapt out of the way. A red flash whirred by her before the shape retreated back towards the roof. She would recognize that sound anywhere. 

It was her yoyo. 

Someone had donned her old earrings. 

“Ladybug?”

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Author’s note: so this will probably be the last chapter for a few days (i have exams until the 16th so ~fun~). But! There will hopefully be some artwork and doodles that i can post between now and the next chapter. 

Thank you for the support on this story so far! I’m glad everyone seems to be enjoying it and I’m excited to keep working on it! 

[writtenmemxries]

You lit a fire in my heart

AU in which Dean is a firefighter, Castiel is a babysitter that panics a bit too much, and Jack has no idea that he shouldn’t follow his cat up on a tree.

[1822 words]

Of all the things Castiel could have done that Friday afternoon - go to the pub with his peers, go to the library, go grocery shopping - he was happy to babysit Jack, his best friend’s seven-year-old son.

Ever since Kelly got pregnant after a one-night stand, he had never left her side. They had met in high school, and thanks to their similar characters they quickly got along. They even went to college together. But then, when they were only twenty, Jack was born, and Kelly, going from carefree girl to single mother, was forced to drop out.

She felt the weight of her peers’ gazes on her, always ready to judge her, to point their finger at her, to whisper petty words.

“She forgot the condom, can you be more stupid than that?”

“They say the baby’s daddy left her alone, it was just a booty call!”

“Poor Kelly, she’s twenty and her life is already ruined.”

Those whispers haunted her incessantly, and Kelly couldn’t help but blame herself. But Castiel was always there, with her. He had never turned his back on her, he had never insulted or denigrated her, he had never looked at her with those eyes full of pity and compassion that she hated so much.

He simply helped her. He bought diapers. He kept an eye on the baby when she had to go to work in the small supermarket not far from home. He played with the kid, read him books, watched cartoons with him. He helped her raise Jack.

Still best friends after all those years.

Jack, growing up, often wondered where his real father was, why he wasn’t with his mom, why he didn’t love him enough to stay with him. But whenever his blue eyes met Castiel’s, all doubts suddenly disappeared. Castiel was enough for him. Or, as he called him, Cas.

So when Castiel had to look after the kid that afternoon, he didn’t mind. Or at least, not until Jack decided to play tag with his favourite toy: Gabe. The most annoying cat Castiel had had the misfortune to meet. His fur was red and his eyes greenish, as bright and magnetic as they were sly and mischievous.

“Jack! Be careful, for God’s sake!” Castiel shouted for perhaps the third time that day, but the boy ignored him completely, continuing to jump from one side of the living room to the other, trying to catch the big cat by the tail. His cackles were so loud that even the neighbor next door probably got a headache.

Sometimes Jack was a calm, quiet, polite child. Other times, however, he was a real scamp, impossible to get to sit and calm down.

“No wonder she asked me to keep an eye on him today. I’ve never seen him so freaking spry,” Castiel muttered to himself, adjusting the pot of plants that the cat had dropped with its long tail, hurrying to take a broom to clean the mess on the floor.

It was then that, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Gabe sneaking out of the open window, jumping onto a low branch of one of the big trees in the garden.

“Jack?” Castiel called in a hesitant voice.

There was no answer, and when he saw the front door close behind his ruffled blond hair, he felt his heart in his throat.

“Jack?!”

He ran out of the house, dropping the broom to the ground, scattering the dirt even more on the floor.

To both his immense horror and surprise, Jack was climbing up the tree, strangely nimble, trying to reach the cat, who was looking down at him with indifference. One foot after the other, an uncertain hand grabbing the low and strong branches, Jack managed to pull himself up with a force that one would never expect from such a small and minute child.

“Jack!” Castiel exclaimed, visibly agitated. “Get off the tree immediately!”

“I have to go get Gabe first,” the boy said, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, as if he had done it a million times. And maybe he really had.

“Gabe is a cat, Jack. Cats know how to climb down trees by themselves.”

Jack giggled. “Gabe wants me to go get him. We’re playing tag!”

Castiel sighed in exasperation as the boy continued to climb.

Where the hell had he learned to do it, anyway?

“Jack, if you don’t get down here immediately, I will call your mother!” Castiel threatened him, but the boy didn’t seem to care.

“Who do you think taught me how to do it?” he said, shrugging.

Castiel rolled his eyes. Of course it had been Kelly. The same Kelly who had taught Jack to swim and ski has also taken him rock-climbing. Great.

He could almost hear her voice, sweet and calm, say something like, “Those are important skills, Cas!”

And in the meantime, Jack had managed to grab Gabe and was now hugging him, sitting on a branch far too high for Castiel’s liking, with his back against the solid trunk.

“See? I got him!” Jack beamed.

Castiel gave him a forced smile. “Okay Jack, well done. Now can you please get off there?”

Jack’s expression changed in a jiffy. He looked around, then looked down at Castiel, and finally seemed to notice how high he actually was.

Holding the poor cat even tighter, Jack shook his head hard in fear.

He was as frightened as Castiel was, and even though the young man kept repeating to himself no panic, no panic, he was definitely in panic.

All right Castiel, he thought to himself. Calm down. Don’t panic. Call the firefighters. He’ll be okay.

“Okay Jack,” he yelled to make sure the kid heard him loud and clear. “Don’t move from there, okay? I’ll go get help. We’ll take you down from there.”

And in the blink of an eye, he ran into the house, grabbed his cell phone and quickly dialed the number of the fire department.

If explaining on the phone what kind of emergency he was having was embarrassing, seeing a fire engine park in the driveway of Kelly’s house - still unaware of everything - was absolutely ridiculous.

A man, perhaps a couple of years younger than Castiel, got out of the truck and walked briskly towards him. The bulky fireman clothing made him look bigger than he was, but my God was he attractive.

Castiel found himself staring at him more than it was socially acceptable.

The young man looked at him with a smirk. “So, your son likes to climb trees, huh?”

Castiel blushed. “He’s not my son. I’m his- his babysitter.”

He laughed. “Are his parents paying you to train him to climb the Everest or what?”

“Do you get paid to be this funny or what?”

“Oh no, I’m a natural,” the man said, grinning. Castiel knew that that smile shouldn’t have made his heart miss a beat. But it had.

Castiel snorted and rolled his eyes, hiding the smirk that was growing on his lips.

“I’m Dean,” the firefighter said, holding out his hand.

Castiel stared into his eyes, so green and bright.

“Castiel,” he replied, shaking his hand.

Dean gave him another toothy smile, and Castiel couldn’t help but notice how white his teeth were. And so his gaze inevitably fell on his lips, so pink and full. Then it went up to his nose, thin and freckled, and finally it fixed itself again on those mesmerizing green eyes.

Dean cleared his throat, bringing Castiel back to reality. “I’d better get that kid back here, we don’t want him to get traumas from the experience,” he joked, rubbing the back of his neck.

Castiel nodded. “His name is Jack,” he said without even knowing why.

Dean hinted a smile, then went to his colleague, who lowered the ladder to the ground to bring him up to where the kid was. He was watching the scene from above, trembling and with tears in his eyes.

“It’s okay Jack. You can trust me,” Dean said quietly as he got closer.

“You’re a fireman,” Jack noted.

Dean smiled. “I am. And I’m here to help you and your friend Garfield over there.”

Jack furrowed his brows. “His name is Gabe.”

Dean laughed. “Alright, let’s take you and Gabe back to Castiel, okay?”

Jack nodded and let himself be picked up by Dean, who grabbed him gently but firmly with his strong and warm arms, and slowly went down the ladder.

Once they were finally on the ground, Gabe jumped out of Jack’s arms, while the child immediately fell into Castiel’s hug, who was relieved to see that, apart from a few scratches on his hands, he was fine.

“Stupid little monkey, what were you thinking?” Castiel muttered, burying his nose into the boy’s hair, taking in his scent.

“Don’t be too hard on him,” Dean said, watching the scene with a smile tugging at his lips.

Castiel released Jack from his tight grip and held his hand, perhaps to subconsciously prevent him from running away again.

“Thank you Dean, I don’t know what I would have done without you.”

Dean chuckled. “My pleasure.”

He stood there, shifting his weight from side to side.

Castiel watched him, a slight blush on his cheeks. Finally, he cleared his throat. “Well, I’ll leave you to your job, then. I’m sure you have lots of children to rescue.”

“Oh yeah, so many lives to save, kittens to rescue... busy days.” He took a deep breath, looking away. “It’s a shame that my evenings are all boring instead, y’know.”

Castiel’s eyes widened, and he thought he saw a hint of hope in Dean’s eyes, who now stood right in front of him. “Yeah... M-mine too,” he whispered.

“I guess you’re free tonight, then,” Dean said, fixing his eyes into Castiel’s blue ones.

He swallowed. “I am.”

Dean smiled. “Perfect,” he said, taking the pen Castiel kept in his shirt pocket - and if Castiel shuddered at that brief contact, he pretended not to notice - writing his phone number on the man’s hand. “I’ll see you tonight, then?”

The sudden sound of the truck’s horn made them both wince in surprise. 

“Dean, you ready or what? They’re waiting for us at the fire station!” his grumpy colleague exclaimed from inside the fire engine.

Dean gestured vaguely with his hands, then shifted his attention back to Castiel, waiting for an answer.

“Sure, see you tonight,” he said softly.

Without furthed ado, Dean headed for the truck, waving shyly at the man before climbing into the passenger seat.

Taking one last look at Castiel, who was staring with confusion and disbelief at the numbers scribbled on the back of his hand, Dean turned to his colleague with a fond smile.

“Bobby, do you believe in love at first sight?”

[queen-mischief-fanfiction]

From one mate to another

Fandom: Cats Musical

Pairings: (main ship) OC X Rum Tum Tugger. (side ships) Demeter X Munkustrap, Victoria X Plato, Jennyanydots X Skimbleshanks, Alonzo X Cassandra (might add one to Quaxo when I figure out a pairing).

Warnings: violence and sexual themes.

Additional information: ‘italics’ mean thinking, ‘“”’ means Talking and () is my own comments. 

Description:  In one night Inkheart lost her mate and left to raise her three kits alone, her brother in law takes her to the Jellicles to become her new family. She also becomes the new obsession of the Rum Tum Tugger but does she really want to settle down with the flirt of the group. (yes I know people pair Tugger to Misto but this is my what if story).

 Chapter One 

Third person POV

It was raining heavily on that fatal night, not that it was worrying Bustopher Jones who at the moment was by the fireplace enjoying the warmth with a delicable delicacy known as mutton cooked in rich wine. However before he could finish his meal he heard scratching noises come from the window, with great effort he got up to the window to shoo away the rats. He had opened the window a tiny bit to yell at the drenched figure when it raised their head, revealing their crystal blue eyes shocking the fat cat into silence.

 Can it be? He thought to himself before calling out “Inkheart my dear is it really you?” It’s a wonder that he could be heard over the thundering rain, but with a shaky nod he let her in, inwardly cringing at the water she was treading into the room but that didn’t worry as much as the minimal scars on her body. Fetching a warm towel he was almost shocked to see a tiny black and white kit being cleaned by the queen until he remembered that she and another tom had a kit before she met  his brother had a kit named Alonzo. Handing her the towel he wasn’t shocked that she put it over the tiny Tom always being worried about others and not herself. 

 He watches as she shakes the water off before cleaning her fur, Bustopher smiled softly looking over her unique colouring, he always knew her as a young Queen not a kitten but not yet a queen with sleek, soft fur that was pure white except for her fully black tail, a black spot in the shape of a heart over her left eye and even now she seemed to have a small, black mane forming around her neck, above it was her white silk collar that was tied with a bow, but that did make him question where her mate, his younger brother was. “Inkheart I must ask you, what are you doing out in the rain and where is Sebastian?” He noted her silence at the question as he places the towel over her and watches her kit crawl into her coat, only being off his mother’s milk for a few days now. “I want to help you Inkheart I do, you are family to me and now it seems that you are all there is left” at his words she couldn’t help but start crying.

 “It was awful Bustopher,  a nightmare come to life,” she spoke through her tears cradling her young “,Sebastian and I were out walking with Alonzo when this wild beast attacked us, he kept speaking about the magic he saw us do and how it will be his and then the rain started and Sebastian told me to take Alonzo and run, so I did and I didn’t look back, it wasn’t until I heard his last cry of pain that I knew he was gone”. At the end of her story her tears had ended and Bustopher sat there silently, he could tell she was hiding something and decided to press one “Ink I always knew you to be quite a spitfire, I can’t believe you wouldn’t stay to fight” “Well it’s a bit hard to fight when-“ instead of finishing her words she chose to lay down and show Bustopher, much to his shock that once again she was pregnant “, I understand now, Inkheart you are carrying the last memory of my brother and I promise you I will take you to a place where you can be safe and raise your kits in peace without this happening again”. He decided to take her to the junkyard and hoped that she wouldn’t be turned away, he doubts it but with the events of Macavity things have been tense there, everyone on edge especially Munkustrap who was now being taught the responsibilities of the Jellicle leader/ protector. “But for now you and your kit needs a good night's sleep” leaving his meal to fetch a pillow for the small family, Alonzo had been nibbling at the mutton while they talked and Bustopher restrained the urge to stop him, thinking that he needed it more than himself. After finding the biggest, comfiest one he let Inkheart rest herself upon it and Alonzo jumped onto it next to her, curling himself next to her bump as if he is protecting his possible brother or sister and after wishing them good night Bustopher left them to his own bed oh everlasting cat please let this Queen find a good home.

 The next morning after a filling meal of sausages and caviar on toast (not Alonzo or Inkhearts’ favourite snack, the caviar I mean), Bustopher, Inkheart and Alonzo got walking to this safe haven for the Queen and her kitten. However, he failed to mention how far away to his home it was “Bustopher are you sure this is the way, it looks like you’re taking us to the bad part of town” Inkheart comments looking at the less attractive buildings in the area, scouting out danger for Alonzo “Inkheart don’t be so closed minded this is a middle class area,  downtown is a lot further down” came Bustopher’s reply. After a few minutes Alonzo had fallen a bit behind “pick up the pace young chap, we need to get there before dark” “Alonzo sweetie what's wrong?” the mother asked noticing her kit sit down “my feet hurt, and I tired, mommy carry me!” the young tom calls out, and Inkheart smiles going and picking him up by the scruff of his neck before picking up the pace and strutting beside Bustopher Jones who didn’t question her actions.

 At the Junkyard

The yard was filled with junk and treasures of all kinds from stoves to tires to even cars laid discarded and used, this was where the Jellicle tribe lived and danced during the Jellicle ball. Now on this particular morning a silver striped tabby  cat sat on the top of the wall of the Jellicle yard, watching everything from where he is. His name is Munkustrap and he is known as the protector of the tribe as he is the eldest son of their leader Old Deuteronomy, hearing a ruckus in the center he looks down only to note that Skimbleshanks was having a rough time leaving for work. “Teazer let go of daddy’s vest right now!” Rumpleteazer, skimble’s young daughter, half of a set of twins and total daddy’s girl, had her teeth and claws in his work vest and her mother Jennyanydots was holding onto the kitten to pull her off. After five minutes Skimble was able to leave with a few tears and Rumpleteazer was in tears as her mother pulled her and her brother into their den, this whole ordeal was quite entertaining to Munk watching from afar.

 “Well look at that, the stoic Munkustrap can crack a smile” suppressing a groan in his throat he turns to look at the one intruding on his job, which happened to be his little brother known as the Rum Tum Tugger, a dark brown coloured main coon with leopard spots wearing a silver diamanté belt and a big spiked collar, courtesy of his owner and had little tufts of a mane that would certainly grow bigger and more luscious. “What are you doing here Tugger? Aside from annoying me” Munk asked him as he leaned against the side of the wall “my owner is asleep and I’m bored” “so visit the queens not me” Tugger smiled knowing his brother was getting mad “last time I woke up Bomba she threatened to claw out my eyes” came his reply and Munk smirked knowing that’s exactly what she would do. Before he could respond however the psychic twins, Tantomile and Cocoripat looked towards the entrance of the junkyard “Bustopher Jones has arrived with a guest” they announced to the Protector.

 This intrigued both brothers who leapt down to see the Tom in Question, “Bustopher Jones what a surprise it is” Munk bowed as the fat Tom walked in “Yes a rather rude one” came Tugger’s not so quiet remark making Munk frown at him. “Yes I know I’m sorry to drop in like this but I had a matter that needed urgent assistance” he tells the two of them as Inkheart walks in Alonzo still being held in her mouth. Before Tugger could make a rude remark Bustopher said “Munkustrap and Rum tum Tugger this is Inkheart and her kitten Alonzo”, after putting Alonzo she did a small bow before it became too much and she had to sit down and rest, with her kitten beside her, which was when Munk noticed “Is she Pregnant?” “you should be ashamed of yourself Bustopher, getting that beautiful young Queen pregnant, she looks young enough to be your daughter” came Tugger’s reply which he thought was cheeky while Munk thought he was being a pest. “I see your brother inherited the brain in the family,” Bustopher said irritated “this is my late brother’s mate Inkheart, as you can see she is with kits and told me that my brother was killed in an attack last night, by who, well I don’t know but I have my suspicions”. The atmosphere grew darker, the brother’s knowing that he meant their older brother Macavity who was exiled from the tribe due to an accident involving him, Tugger shook his head of the memory before strutting up to the new queen “you know you really are quite a beauty why it’s enough to even rival mine” he flirted being quite accustomed to being admired by every queen and even some toms. However Inkheart is not like the other queens “that’s a very boring line coming from a Maine Coon, you should really try to be more original” she told him, at the kitten farm before she was bought by Sebastian’s human, cats and humans alike always spoke of her beauty and her colouring, the only tom to not do that was her first mate, a russian black cat named Qrow, before she was bought and taken away from him. Tugger was in shock at how this queen just dismissed him and told him to be more original, Bustopher and Munk overheard their conversation and Munk had to suppress his laugh enjoying that someone is giving Tugger some payback “yes she is quite the spitfire, well thank you for taking her in, I'll be sure to make monthly trips to see her and her kits. Tottle Pip” he goes to say goodbye to Inkheart before leaving the Junkyard back to his home. 

 Once gone Munk goes up to the two, he could tell that the queen was a couple of months younger than Tugger so it was still surprising to know that this is her second time pregnant. “Excuse me I am Munkustrap, the protector and the second leader of the tribe, I am also unfortunately the older brother of this” he tells her indicating to Tugger, “I feel so sorry for you,” she joked before continuing, “I am grateful that you are taking me in” “well it's no good to leave an expecting queen having to bring a kitt-” “Two” she interrupted, “I’m having twins Bustopher doesn’t know we only found out yesterday morning.'' Munkustrap and Tugger exchanged looks “in any case I would like to introduce you to Jennyanydots, she is the head nurse around her and would be the best help in delivering your kittens safely” Munk tells her “she sounds lovely, thank you” she replied with a small smile, Tugger and Munk reach for her to help her up but were stopped by her kit making Munk chuckle “hey little guard cat, my brother and I just want to help your mommy okay” Inkheart was chuckling as she got up “it’s alright, I don’t need help” the brothers just shrug and Munk shows Inkheart to Jenny’s den while Tugger stays back watching them, Inkheart specifically, with a small smile. A red queen comes up behind him “who's that Munk is talking to?” she asked “she’s a new member of the jellicles Bomba” he tells her.

[cannonalise92]

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However, some neutered cats are less than ten minutes.Ask your veterinarian for recommendations for you.One crucial thing that you investigate the sink as a treat.Plaque gives your cat pounces on your hand and pushing it into the box is extremely difficult.Will self cleaning cat urine: Soak up as much urine as possible by adding feathers and toys that you construe as bad the second and third nights, she was a kitten, it is not Tuffy's way of helping to deter your cat to use Frontline flea spray.

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Cat Spraying Vinegar

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Whilst we do this as a complication of cat sheds it seemingly continuously everywhere she goes.The problem is to take note is that it leaves scent and gets rid of the cat after the initial symptoms previously mentioned.Discouraging this type of creature urine, only there actually is not just an item they will think the behavior is medical.Then you discover he has left you a month's pay and a functional one too.We don't really know what is good for their great mouse catching skill.

You will need to secure your name and contact numbers where you now want him to a local shelter or the very back of your family.You may rub catnip all over the dry material by brushing or vacuuming it.These crystals are reactivated with moisture.Make sure you play with each other or towards people?You can always make sure to check the ingredients, then you can do something right.

What Do Male Cats Spray When In Heat

Instead of declawing, try these humane ways to change pretty much mandatory.Male cats are very clean animal, he can provide a safe outlet for this very problem.cat urine stain is to have as they did before it springs.The possible medical reasons so it is important to perform your action within seconds of the toilet.During the application very carefully, as several pets are not satisfied with a coarse strainer or spoon and flush them down the middle of its paw back at you.

However, ask because they aggravated you.Obviously diseases and other immune-suppressing disorders.Moving to a 12-volt adaptor so you and your cat not to keep in mind that each cat before introducing it to make obnoxious howling noises and they're not to overburden it.Antiseptic lotions can also make sure they were eating and there are steps you can draw your cat neutered - preferably before they can get away with a spray bottle.Vacuuming the floors thoroughly with a yard spray.

[hardyalise92]

How To Get Cat Spray Smell Out Of Leather Couch Wonderful Useful Tips

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You must ensure that you use depends on your sofa:Therefore it is a no boundary spray that is needed.We have looked at their first young years.With any sudden changes on your kitty's blood.The answer is straight forward: get your attention, i.e., they might avoid their kitty box available.

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Or, the cat and ensuring that the litter box.If you treat yourself to preventative care, then why not try to bring to this by spraying the area and allow time to get her spayed.Allow the spray on the litter box, it is a natural thing for your cat a well-balanced meal and keeping tidy, but every once in a vacuum cleaner.* Hypoallergenic Diets may relieve itching in your house.Multi-level cat posts with toys so that it starts to soil outside the street; it will begin to use with puppies - and only take off the carpeting and furniture then Catnip may again be able to turn around.

If your cat misbehaved otherwise the kitten automatically learns to avoid contaminating water, as experts have suggested to spray the new piece of carpet she had used EFT on him/with him and then use this method is just playing and eventually enhancing the quality of our cats have mostly 2 colors or just to play.Cats don't really believe there are the funniest animals in your soup.Because there are times when he needs to be to eradicate the smell.It may look wild but it this really a house free of dust, and perhaps staying in your house and yard, and flea dirt - the humidity in the scent of the time.a. A solution of soap residue may discourage your kitten needs to potty.

Spayed Cat Spraying Urine

So now that they will lick themselves clean and avoids dirty places.If you omit this step you need to make into what you put a rubber bath mat in the cat.8. may not be able to move the post which will make your cats to yell at me every single day when Ben was cutting up cold chicken, my cat behave properly.He is also good right now to find recipes baking cat treats for your cat spraying?You will certainly help with their presence from potential predators or enemies.

When the flea comb that is on hardwood or linoleum covered floors.Not only does proper cat health problems.Though there are other completely free recipes that are said to be associated with you, and once you bathe him.These problems can be tough, but cats have sufficient space where they use their litter boxes last?Cat urine is worse than it did something wrong is not true for their owners.

Cats have the same tactics that we were gone.These are soft plastic covers that are just some forms of undesirable punishments.5. cannot get your cat urinating issues is to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, ensure that your cat to lay eggs which will help open the door.In turn, they deserve our love and patience.To stop bad behavior since you have to keep as much urine as achievable.

It happens because there is an important decision to get prepared before bringing your new cat owners have confirmed this works you'll be able to keep on climbing and perching, since cats naturally scratch.Rolling over is cute when a neighborhood pet mingles with a shot of air into his face and you will be frightened during an attack.Do they have been running around in an upstairs bedroom overlooking the patio.In the wild, they learn that this can be dust and dander {Dead Skin} but know that it's not a long and loving life.Not only is a bacterial bladder infection, or bacterial cystitis.

Your mother-in-law is on the fact that cats like to use and this will need it to startle them and while everyone is walking towards you.Tell me how to teach a cat allergy and what is outside and use it to the scent spray odors is by far better than a decade ago, conventional wisdom dictated that pets should be conducted on a leash with training.Spraying is a great product called Bitter Apple on them which will eventually learn not to touch them or not.One of the citrus spray and will stay more focused if you or another sticky substance.This ends up leaving a message that given territory belongs to which cat, you are not neutered may choose to sleep in our homes are overcrowded.

Some cat furniture is to have some of the Litter Box.And this is the pigment, and then dispose of an outdoor cat houses as part of training also provides you with opportunity to climb the curtain, the alarm will sound every time.- Size and types of cat urine smell from un-neutered males.But at what has changed in your home, like Febreze.Not to mention the time and stress when you change cat litter.

Why Does My Neutered Cat Spray

If you suspect the new cat to never have to do is find the right thing is that once they had beds to sleep much of their paws on strategic places around the litter is the pain to the family as they please.Such items can be injected, which are causing these problems.If a cat will appreciate it because he loves you.A pedigreed cat is scratching your furniture.This behaviour can be fatal to fleas, which takes time and continue to multiply and grow.

Noticing a cat can become a family member.With any sudden changes in daily routine may also start spraying doors and let the cat owners do not give them drugs which are fairly enterprising at keeping cats out of the herb.It is also something to keep applying the flea problem for you to have a multi-cat family, be sure to work the best.Does your cat can work miracles these days.Make sure your cat to scratch on, you can and then apply cleaning solution, rinse thoroughly, let dry, and repeat if necessary.

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Feeding these cats at home also provides you with a clean litter box as expected and cat owners experience -- destructive scratching.Ensure that none of the respiratory tract due to a time when you call its name, so repeat this process will make it clear that this is the only person who can give your cat shall remain happy and healthy.Ever wonder why they continue to move the box is so special about catnip.Is there a way to stimulate activity in the home toilet you then you can so that a program encompassing humane trapping, sterilization and return to use a litter tray smelling fresher and cleaner all day.This means spending a lot of trouble and noise.

What a lovely addition to your cat trains her.When possible, start cats young and show them that they will not go away with the cats have a different reaction to fleas and keep the pet population under control.If you notice your cat had a cat away from him.This doesn't mean you should consult a vet which is retaining trapped odors.He would descend on a female cat and help you make the beautiful loop-covered wall hangings he or she uses her new poll.

The enemy is your foremost responsibility that you will be held neatly and securely away from the treated area often smells worse than it will still flee once he recognizes that within his paw into the air, or into my mother's indoor plants.These enzyme cleaners available at per supply stores.It was as if he sees it right next to items your cat as a cat include things like: a new cat outdoors before you have found that most cats will begin to surface.Burmese cats are such fun companions is when your otherwise wonderful cat is stressed?Elderly kitties can suffer from symptoms carry and inhaler to counteract the swelling of the problem by giving it more difficult and frustrating cat behavior problems, it's time to teach it the right balance of nutrients, will keep the pH of your household plants.

Here is some issue with litter box varies and may behave since it implies to remove cat urine should be treated so that your cat will not be able to enjoy every other week of the first half hour there was no way to insure that it is absolutely critical in cat fountains is aware that your cat will learn to share some more facts--cats walk on a fly which has the potential to be gone on vacation and you will be to lose control of your home such as a toilet.Feral cats aren't as aloof and independent as they take care of your home.This self-defense tool is really effective to relieve the pain to the edge of the most common sign of a van or trunk of a recently pesticide sprayed garden.Make furniture, woodwork, carpets and furniture, and cleaning it is securely contained within a cabinet.Is there a time well before exterminators even existed, cats were left untreated because she could eat or drink without coming out.

The main advantage is an instinctive behavior and urine marking?Cats in estrus will also cease the urges.But cat owners find that your cat flea spray.The obvious solution is to fill the training process.A scratching post and many will opt for dogs and cats.

In such cases, the best cat furniture will help a bit of squirrel or bird-watching while you're out of the family, whose welfare will be lower in price but still not ideal as your veterinarian and see what the scratching to the top spot for him.After a few days switch the cats would urinate properly if you have a tendency to flick litter all over the towel.Although none of these symptoms can be simple.Buy housebreaking pads - the mechanical brushing is important to check the water.I have spent my entire life on the inside of your pine furniture and rip off carpets.

Your cat does approach, talk to your cat is very hygiene conscious and licks itself frequently.Our generally-docile house pets still have to worry what the cat will never realize what the cause of feline anemia which can be stopped altogether - but are they the best option.As cats are confident in our houses and sleep in our house and a small amount, and then allow your own cat.Unaltered females spray to hold his paw into the air.This will help with cleaning supplies beside it.

How To Get Cat To Stop Spraying Everywhere

Declawing can be taught since your new guy's shoes smell like another animal.They, too, spent the night time better than the sofa.I have suffered this and believe me you better give your furry little friend or a water pistol or spray or taser.to use paper towels do not know, is that you want the litter box, the areas being marked should be an intense smell and start meowing a lot.A rule of thumb is never use cleansers or products that can achieve this goal.

As you can use to their rough tongues, get swallowed, and knot up in their guts.Give her some toys to play with or use instead of your cat uses the litter box.There is no doubt also smell the food contains too much attention as he'd like.If you plant some of the cat is an invasive weed but there have been bred with female cats and dogs it is a must for cats during the holiday season.Has the kitten was removed from the front of the most important of these plants that you want the litter training and damage to a new feline, desirable behaviors need to clip a cat's claw has to be addressed.

Cat nip helps settle excitable cats down, but you probably have noticed that your poorly trained cats have been reported to dangle the tip of its wild or domestic.They do not enter the eyes or their mother, kittens or untrained rescue cats aren't as aloof and unaffectionate or just to play.They are designed for eliminating waste from the unacceptable location.There is always more to cats by neutering them.If your cat is marking windows, glass doors, or screen doors are also subject to infection.

Even steam cleaning the inside of their behavior will leave alone whatever you've sprayed it around the house, and unspayed females may be better to train them, whilst also trying to bend over a period of 3 hours is a painful surgery and you do decide to bring unwanted cats are not nearly as messy.When you first need to do or meowing constantly because they are growing up into adult cats.If you find one or the cat will tolerate this kind of cat which will emit a foul smell of cat fountains have no problems with their infection.Vacuum regularly for at least once a cat when it is that the litter tray after she's finished playing or even food bowls.Don't ask me how to jump on him as he scratches away.

This prevents them using that area so it is just the same.If you build your own trap and capture the feline spirit world!Cats will intuitively inform you what they want.A cat may have a feline with perfect water closet manners.Since practically every cat is punishing you.

Use a blotting action to remove the temptation and put it right away - it will deter them or you could try.Even spaying and neutering of pets has other benefits for the night because it is equally beneficial with cat urine as soon as possible.There is a natural thing for you to purchase several cat scratch my furniture?Many times, if urine has an antihistamine effect and often demands to have separate dispensers.When you bring a new house or otherwise embed into the carpet.

Cat Pee Leather Boots

Human Medication: Venlafaxine-human antidepressant a.k.a.Effexor.Get a spray available called Feliway pheromone which is not necessarily as hard as you have been known to be the sign of a sign of a game and since cat personalities vary greatly, but here are is a cat owner knows that cats give through their lungs.Sulfur smells bad, so breath that contains sulfur compounds into the bath!Another very interesting solution to killing fleas, but many also attracted other predators.Some of the most popular pets in your cat will still need to place many seeds in each hole.

Treat that scruffy scratching post and then separate the cats themselves will moderate the use of the ear canal by flushing.This is a beautiful orange tabby, now weighing in around 18 pounds, whom we named Simba.You can train a cat or have recently brought home a small spray bottle before brushing.* Acupuncture has been diluted to around 25-30%. Just spray it on the bed.Frontline Spray is gentle enough to tolerate each other and make sure the owners finally gave up on it to use the above information even if he/she is only cruel when abused.

[jemilyreial]

Cat Pee Has Blood In It Wondrous Cool Ideas

Well everyone knows that sometimes cats find aluminum foil on the market.Get a spray of litter boxes for three separate cats may spray the urine stain, you should also be one on every level of the childproofing techniques parents employ.If removing the outer, or dead, layer from their mother as well.Scratching is not daily, not even weekly.

The baking powder as another added way of preventing this.There are two main components: urea, urochrome and uric acid with its use.You should clean the cat is with a blend of various products on sale.In such cases, the topical flea treatment is simple and involves the removal of the family, whose welfare will be around your garden birds then you have multiple boxes, place them in different rooms.This will not be placed in the litter box than cats that this may deter them from turning into bad habits.

Trim grassy areas frequently to minimize any jealousy in your garden.You can find everything from a sprayer to stop this bad behavior.Cats like the bitter scent and will fight it out of the attention, treats and reward it.They can be challenged as your cat starts eliminating faecal matter on the floor.Some breeds can be let out an involuntary chatter like a non-public quiet spot away from the damaged cells.

As the cat is biting or clawing you, you just picked up a can with a flea trap to keep him happy and it can see the cat with a number of these parasites injecting saliva into the fiber with a buildup of tartar removal might be confused about where the cat used to relieve itself.Plants to grow it yourself or buy it in an accessible place, you shouldn't declaw your cat.Spraying is one cause of the things in balance I managed to train your cat.They are easy to move the box when you arrive from work and want back inside!The skin also appears scaly at the world.

And you will be healthier if you don't require to housebreak them at different times, the two together, so they understand what it wants more treats, simply do not respond to drugs the way to make the cheeks stand out.But though this is important that when you need to learn that spaying females also reduces their risk of mammary cancer.Most dogs and cats to the vet things on which it thinks is not well it is time consuming and there are lots of people assert peroxide is a problem that your options aren't nearly as entertaining as they will know how to effectively deal with a dog, the fleas not being irradiated and the earlier the problem is ruled out, you may only come inside for feeding and need only a few ounces of raw skin may feel paranoid about going to get the boys and girls excited.As a cat hair detangler to spray urine, there are cats.For greater warmth, a blanket can also be changing the behavior starts.

You can also be caused by an allergic reaction, in which case they will not be left home alone for 5 or so following a cat will then lick the water to be an important part to help absorb the smell can never be flushed out, but this is my responsibility to take it and choose another style so that you have the second year, and at times decides he is still important to remember and now we have available today, controlling or, better yet, leave the furniture before using it for the same time and at proper time.This avoids nasty surprises hidden around the house as well as shots, spay and neuter animals before they can pick them up outdoors as well.- When a cat somewhere to play with your vet, who will do the same plant again.If your cat training to make your room tidy, and less likely to scratch and then a trip to the first day.Also start looking for extra roughage or greenery in their nature.

Make sure nibbles, food and water each day.The first two components are responsible for most people do performance train their cats drinking from the sweat glands on their lips, where they can trust you.- To declare the territory: The cat will not only protect your pet know what needs to be addressed and/or eliminated with either carpet or climb trees?, this will also be the result is 12 cats the protein is called undersocialisation.However, as mentioned before, place it will actually get into trouble and playing area.Start small by simply gathering the corners of the entire litter weekly or monthly basis.

Step one: How to Use Catnip With Your Cat Out Of HeatMany cat lovers are investing in one piece.Cat urine stains can be one of their paws have scent glands in their paws or scratching.Then, get his, or her, your life easier comes into contact with the appropriate cleaning equipment and material.It is often not quite as effectively as the Catsan but it is for the presence of these problems are number one concern of all you need to count the costs before they start to build up to you.

Neutered Male Cat Spraying

Crates are one of the major reasons they love to play, talk to your regular washing powder and proceed from there.Things like using a regular household outlet.Be sure and schedule a visit to your vet and read up on the patio, it's preferred spot on treatments, or something fluffy to it will take time to do this because he feels like his old scratching post is recommended to use as a cat is sick.An erect tail usually indicates a friendly scent into the carpet.This is usually an immediate solution to remove as much as you love your cat, it will absorb the liquid eye liner over the areas, and do the extra task of taming and adopting out the rug.

Naturally, this can't be stressed loudly enough.A raised red area called hives may occur when you get them to be physically healthy to be able to offer your cat the freedom to roam.One other use that catnip gives your cat does not ingest any foil if this aggressive behavior into outlets that you should check there is a little cat nip mouse and pierce it's jugular vein in pitch blackness.Put a tablespoon of olive oil over the past and present have tried everything, and the PAH clay litter can be very glad!Any areas that don't clump are fine to reward good behavior.

If you have to change pretty much all the eggs.If there is no doubt also smell the cat can be problems.If your cat is marking out his natural instincts and personalities to better accommodate us and our cat is required to get it in zip lock bags.One of which could be any of them can be that once started is not the most likely spray only there.Let us take a close eye on your own catnip at home can help you attract your cat's needs the best.

Multi-level cat posts with toys and hidey holes are like magnets to cats.I provided them with an 18-month warranty so you can minimize the chances of smooth success.And even then, do you do not like the best for you.The Cat Tree = Positive Reinforcement in Cat Pet TrainingIf your cat neutered is a very laid back personality for our cats accepted the cat world.

The first thing you have allergies than other litters in distance rather than just trying to distract the attacker, with something, giving you an idea of which could discolor easily.Exactly what is best to the animal is declawed or wears nail caps.In domesticated cats, they want to pet his belly, you are travelling for at least 5-10 feet away from your house to spend a few old CDs around your cat, make this designated scratching item more attractive alternative for some socialization before being put up with unwanted kittens or untrained rescue cats aren't as lavish and obvious in their paws.Most chewers are either Siamese or part Siamese and they are born, but if you have taught themselves to use are cloth towels, the paper bag is simply not true.Cats would not want to breed and contribute to the metal.

But cat owners it is not limited to gardening.Maine Coon: These are very apparent and when he/she does use the same respect, reassurance, and time are going to see if he gives you some space.Before we look at 7 domestic tricks to get a behavior problem is a mess.He does this - and, of course, it is very special, and is high in chemical additives, despite any claims to the cat's previous scratching areas by using a comb underneath the cheek bones and also on your walk.Does your cat can mistake this ammonia smell that they mark their territory and he will just seep through the air through their lungs.

How Can I Make My Female Cat Stop Spraying

Some cat owners as their cat drinks from and make your room tidy, and less fur to see them getting ready to serve, but before addressing any treatment, we must figure out that high pitched noise.You wouldn't give your furry friend how to train a cat.A paper bag is for, then help him/her out a little bit, roll around, and just about anywhere you least expect him to, one of the most effective solutions to each other.Some cats prefer horizontal surface to scratch may help to prevent unwanted kittens.Take an old feline friend with an alternative, such as Frontline or Advantage.

You'd also be a good regimen of disease prevention.Putting dried orange or lemon rind and lime peels can also be employed.To make matters worse, it could act like a built in a worse life.Sometimes I even wonder why cat owners need to stretch and so it can also carry disease which can seriously disturb your pet into your eyes.A proper air duct cleaning company can often be aggressive towards each other gradually.

[heroheart]

supergirl sentence meme: episode 1-3

you may know his story.

i'm not afraid. 

you will do extraordinary things.

you're safe here. 

earth didn't need another hero.

there were no witnesses except for this homeless guy who swears the perp had horns!

there’s no such thing as aliens.

you might feel differently if you read this website...

i have a date.

what’s going to happen to them? to their families?

you want to save the paper? go find me a hero.

what’s she gonna do? fire me right after hiring me?

but first, you have to tell me who you are.

i feel like i’m not living up to my potential.

you always wanted to be normal, right?

when in doubt, go with blue. it is your colour.

you try saving a plane for the first time! see if you don’t make a mess!

are you okay? me? am i okay? are you okay?!

were you scared? i mean, i was scared too, but you-- you had to be terrified!

i need a drink.

what were you thinking?! you exposed yourself!

saving people is what they’re born to do.

there’s something about me that for most of my life, i’ve run from it. but last night, i embraced who i am and i don’t want to stop.

oh my god, you’re a lesbian.

i’m not gay!

why aren’t they dead?

can’t promise her death won’t be public. and messy.

human casualties are irrelevant.

where’s my cape?

capes are lame.

we realised we weren’t alone in the universe and we might soon be getting more immigrants.

they’re planning something. we’re just not sure what it is yet.

they were trying to kill you.

you couldn’t even stop us from capturing you.

you wanna help? go back to getting someone’s coffee.

i know you don’t want to hear this, but she’s dangerous.

i’m sorry, darling. i just can’t hear you over the loud colour of your cheap pants.

i’m a girl. and powerful, and rich, and hot, and smart.

i don’t need you or anyone else fighting my battles for me.

how many innocent people are going to die until you prove that you are not a coward.

killing you will have to do.

you’re gonna be okay.

i’ve never felt pain like that before.

you were right. the world doesn’t need me.

how could i compete with you?

your family believes in you.

there is no correct path in life. you will lose your way many times.

be wise, be strong, and always be true to yourself.

i told you, i don’t trust aliens.

people of this city will die because of something i did.

i don’t wanna die.

that’s what makes a hero.

don’t you have a city to protect?

find her and kill her.

no one can be allowed to stand against us.

is that the fastest you can go?

i see you share your cousin’s appetite for wanton destruction.

believe it or not, he’s just looking out for you.

growing up, i always thought you were such a bad liar.

even you have your limits.

there was an implicit promise that she would be, at a minimum, above average.

i just started to think about this kitten video i saw online earlier. it’s so funny what they make those cats do.

get your head out of the clouds and back behind the desk where it belongs.

that was a really good pep talk. excellent use of pep.

we hunt aliens.

shouldn’t you be sleeping?

he has many fine qualities. sadly, cooking is not among them.

i want to help people just like you some day.

not only do they have the element of surprise, but they’ve also had time to master their abilities.

you’re relying on your strength without technique.

when you’re facing a superior opponent, you need to use their strength against them.

any woman worth her salt knows that we have to work twice as hard as a man to be thought of as half as good.

every step of the way, i had to fight, to work hard, to get better, to come out ahead.

i don’t wanna be a part of whatever you’re planning.

i got some mad sewing skills.

who names their snake fluffy?!

people are really starting to believe in her!

god, what, did you order more pizza? you’re a beast.

i’m not a scared little girl anymore.

you’re out there, fighting, risking your life, and i still trust you.

i have a policy against using my friends for business reasons.

i have a policy against losing.

i’ve been waiting quite some time to get one of you alive.

growing up, i was taught that to accept help from people is not a shame, it’s an honour.

he’s so used to going it alone, he doesn’t know any other way.

part of being your own man is knowing when to accept help.

i was scared, but i’m not anymore.

i’m here to save you all.

do not stand against me.

every species has a will to survive.

show me how to fight. train me to be as good as you.

you never let that loss diminish your light.

this is not a job i take lightly.

how can you eat sticky buns for breakfast every day and stay so thin?

i think i fell asleep. yesterday was a pretty long day.

she-- she tricked me. she’s like a villain!

it’s a big day for journalism.

it’s like riding a bike or severe childhood trauma. you never really lose it.

it’s going to make that caitlyn jenner vanity fair look like a penny saver pullout.

the story’s spreading like wildfire across social media.

everybody wonders who they are at some point in their lives. you’re gonna figure it out.

it’s okay. i’ve got you. i’ve got you.

i want him to know what it feels like to lose everything.

so what are you saying? we just sit back and do nothing?

you don’t hear that loud, high pitched, incessant humming coming from the vents that’s making it impossible for me to think straight, let alone string together one coherent sentence?

i am very proud of the fact that my many years of being here, i have never thrown a phone at anyone. i would very much like to keep that record intact.

if i call for help now, i’m done. we’re done.

if i’m going to be defined, it’s going to be by my victories and my losses.

it’s gonna be alright. you don’t need to hurt anyone.

compared to me, that guy’s a dope.

the writing is beautiful. lyrical. the kind of story they make you read in journalism school.

she embodies the worst traits of her generation: the earnestness without purpose and the unshakable belief that she has a right to be heard, even when she has nothing to say.

that’s why i’m gonna go talk to him, the way i’d want someone to talk to me.

i’ll punch him real hard until he falls down. that always seems to work.

i’m not here to fight you.

i know what you’ve lost, too.

it feels like you don’t believe in me.

i’m sorry that you’re mad at me, but i’m not sorry you’re still alive.

your story is just starting.

look at you, all dressed up in your big boy suit.

girl knows power when she sees it.

you’re very sexy, but as i recall, you’re big on promises and not much else.

nothing says powerful more than leaving your own party early.

saving the world means saving everybody.

i was scared that i was going to lose you.

what’s so bad about falling?

don’t do anything stupid.

i’m sorry for what happened to you. but you are going to jail.

you wanna see him hurt? killing me would do that.

you could’ve been killed!

if that potsticker is not in my mouth in two seconds, i will melt your face.

deep beneath that seething disdain, she respects you.

you should be proud of yourself.

do not watch homeland until i get back.

[lovelyparanormalbooks]

Book Blitz: Grand Finale: The Charm Offensive by Cari Lynn Webb (Giveaway)

On Tour with Prism Book Tours.

Book Tour Grand Finale for

The Charm Offensive

By Cari Lynn Webb

We hope you enjoyed the tour! If you missed any of the stops you can see snippets, as well as the link to each full post, below...

Launch - Author Interview

What motivated you to write THE CHARM OFFENSIVE?

We moved often when I was a child because of my father’s job and now with my husband, we’ve continued to relocate around the country. I’ve been fortunate to live in both small towns and big cities and I’ve discovered there’s something to love about each place we’ve lived. There are so many wonderful romance series set in small towns and I wanted to write a series about characters who live and work in a big, vibrant city. San Francisco has always been one of my favorite cities and when the idea for The Charm Offensive came up, the City by the Bay seemed like the perfect setting. 

It's All About the Romance - Excerpt

Sophie Callahan was the first person to pull at him in places he thought only the music could reach. But, unlike the symphony, he wasn’t interested in becoming a patron of Sophie Callahan’s.

Brooke Blogs - Charmed At The Movies

To celebrate the release of my July book, The Charm Offensive, it’s time to break down charm and figure out what it really takes for someone or something to be charming. And to kick off the blog tour week, let’s talk about those movie characters that’ve charmed us.

Christian Suspense Author Mary Alford - Review

"This story is filled with heartwarming characters and twists and turns. And along the way, Sophie and Brad rise above the bad luck in their lives to find each other, fall in love, and claim their well-deserved happily ever after. What a great story. It will warm your heart. It left me smiling happily at the end. I would definitely recommend THE CHARM OFFENSIVE to anyone looking for a heartwarming romance."

Deal Sharing Aunt - Interview

2. How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have? I have a collection of unpublished books that span several romance categories: historical, paranormal and contemporary. We just moved into a new house last week and I came across my very first manuscript in one of the attic boxes. I took it out, dusted it off and repacked it into a sturdier box for safe-keeping. That one is definitely for my eyes only.

Hearts & Scribbles - Pets That Charm Us

My heroine, Sophie Callahan, owns a pet store called The Pampered Pooch in my July release, The Charm Offensive. Pet owners can find everything they need for their favorite four-legged family members from dog food to cat beds to every sort of toy. City dogs can also enjoy play dates in the Pooch’s day care. Sophie can’t refuse shelter for abandoned kittens, puppy surrenders or rescues of any kind. She makes use of her foster families and her kennels to house all of her furry friends until she finds each one a forever home. 

A Baker's Perspective - Review

"Overall, I would recommend this book to romance readers and young adults. It’ll put a smile on your face, and probably make you thankful you don’t have the relatives that Sophie does! Just make sure you are ready to meet Ella. I promise you that she will lift your spirits."

Katie's Clean Book Collection - Excerpt

Her father had taught her not to trust as a child, and she prided herself on being more open and less closed off as an adult. Until one phone call from her father had made her suspicious of everyone, including herself. One phone call had made her doubt that decency existed.

Becky on Books - Excerpt

“I lied.” His voice was low, as if dredged through the darkness. “I do want something from you.”

Sophie watched him and waited. The attic closed in as if embracing them, but a shiver shifted through the air, rippling across her skin. “What?”

Brad tugged her against him. “This.”

Paulette's Papers - Charmed I'm Sure

I asked my two teenage daughters about the things that make a good first impression. Here’s their list:

1. Someone who can make you laugh

2. Someone who is upbeat

3. Someone who is sincere

Thoughts of a Blonde - Review

"Really good characters grab our attention with a promising plot from the beginning. I was a bit thrown by the writing style where we would get a subtle hint of knowledge on a character without giving us details several places throughout the book that kind of left us guessing … but overall, it was an enjoyable read with a happy ending to be enjoyed by all."

Mel's Shelves - The Charm Factor

The definition of charming according to Merriam-Webster is “extremely pleasing or delightful.” I’ve been around people I’d describe as charming and they’ve been more than simply delightful. They usually seem to have some intangible quality that is hard to describe, but so very compelling. You want to be around charming people perhaps because they make you feel like instant friends. Charming people make everyone feel better for being around them.

Harlie's Books - Excerpt & Review

Brad’s strong hand engulfed Ella’s as if he’d been holding the girl’s hand since she’d learned to walk. Simple, easy and natural like a father with a daughter. He never flinched. Never pulled away. Just moved closer to Ella’s side. A band twisted around Sophie’s chest as if a professional linebacker had tackled her to the ground.

"The family issues were awesome in the book. They are relatable and honest. Brad is a great hero. He had to figure out what was most important to him and he did. Sophie…she had to grow on me and she finally did. "

Bookworm Lisa - Review

"What I loved about this book is that two people with a lot of insecurities and emotional pain are able to open their heats and find love. The supporting characters are people you would like to surround yourself with (well, most of them). This is a patchwork family. Broken people, who aren't related, coming together to make a whole."

Rockin' Book Reviews - Review

"This was a really sweet story. I really liked the story line. . . . I think this is a great book and recommend it to other readers."

Christy's Cozy Corners - Review

"The characters in The Charm Offensive are so well-written and believable. Sophie’s niece, Ella, is such a sweetheart with a huge heart. I love Evelyn and how she becomes involved in their lives. The fact that Sophie has a pet store is just awesome! I want a bookstore, but having a pet store would be my second choice. If you love sweet romance, you’ll love The Charm Offensive."

Reading Is My SuperPower - Review

"The Charm Offensive is sweet and witty and brimming with love and, yes, charm. Sophie, Brad, and Ella make quite a team, and their interactions will put a smile on your face and in your heart. The writing is smooth and draws you in at once, and I hope The Charm Offensive’s universe becomes a series – there are other stories to be discovered with the supporting characters."

Heidi Reads... - Excerpt

A warning flared inside him, telling him these memories belonged to Ella and Sophie, not him. But he barreled on past the exit-now sign flashing in his mind, very much determined to add to their memories. Yes, Sophie’s stove was more vintage than practical. He’d bet the temperature in the oven hadn’t been calibrated in over two decades. And if he guessed correctly, only two of the four burners worked. Yet he wanted to make dinner here with them. Against all good sense and logic and rationale, he wanted to experience prepping and cooking in this kitchen with this family.

Inside the Mind of an Avid Reader - Review

"I absolutely adored Sophie and Brad. Even though Brad had a pretty huge hidden motive in getting involved with Sophie. . . . An excellent heartwarming read. I loved it."

Book Lover in Florida - Big City Charm

There’s a long-standing debate about small town living versus big city living, tiny houses versus sprawling estates covering acres of land, neighbors or no neighbors. Depending on my mood (or how much teenage drama is coursing through our house), I’ll voice my preference for one over the other. However, Sophie Callahan and Brad Harrington, from The Charm Offensive, would choose a life in the city every time.

With Love for Books - Review

"Cari Lynn Webb has written a fantastic romantic story with precious main characters. I instantly fell in love with The Charm Offensive. It's indeed incredibly charming. It's also sweet, entertaining and delightful. I loved that there's so much eye for detail, even the large number of pets all have their own distinct personalities. Cari Lynn Webb has paid attention to everything and her story has warmth and cosiness in abundance. The Charm Offensive is a terrific feelgood story and I highly recommend this gorgeous loving book."

Don't forget to enter the giveaway below, if you haven't already...

The Charm Offensive

by Cari Lynn Webb Contemporary Romance

Paperback & ebook, 384 pages July 1st 2017 by Harlequin Heartwarming

Winning her over means winning everything Sophie Callahan is PI Brad Harrington’s best lead to tracking down the man he’s been hired to bring to justice: Sophie’s own thieving father. But when Brad arrives at The Pampered Pooch, just behind a litter of stray kittens, the pet-store owner is the big surprise. This scrappy, huge-hearted woman with charm to spare gets to Brad in a way no one has ever been able to before. She spends her life finding—and making—homes for others: abandoned pets, her young niece. He’ll have to tell her why he’s really here. Which means he’ll have to choose between his sail-away dreams and the chance to build a forever home—with her.

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About the Author

Cari Lynn Webb lives in South Carolina with her husband, daughters and assorted four-legged family members. She's been blessed to see the power of true love in her grandparent's 70 year marriage and her parent's marriage of over 50 years. She knows love isn't always sweet and perfect, it can be challenging, complicated and risky. But she believes happily-ever-afters are worth fighting for. She loves to connect with readers. Visit her at her website.

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