“I’mso glad you’re coming along tonight, Will.” Mercy’s voice jarred Chester from thepast. “I’ve nev

“I’mso glad you’re coming along tonight, Will.” Mercy’s voice jarred Chester from thepast. “I’ve never seen anyone shut Chester up this many times, and so easily.Not that Chester talks a lot,” she added when Chester swung a hurt look in herdirection. “It’s more that everyone is too terrified of him to ever tease him.”“Exceptyou,” Will told her, gallant as any knight. Mercygiggled and tugged Chester closer to her. “You can’t be around him for long withoutrealizing how fluffy he really is on the inside. Just like you. Hmm.” Mercy wasthinking again. Chesterneeded a drink. “I’mfluffy on the inside?” Will’s frown of confusion—as well as the glance heexchanged with Tabitha—was a delight. “No,you’re fluffy on the outside.” Mercy tempered this with a smile. “Smiling andthoughtful and polite. But… you must have some dirt in you like the rest of us,some wickedness or cunning, or you wouldn’t be able to handle him.” She nodded to Chester. Chesteropened his mouth in outrage. “I don’t need to be handled.” Willappeared to take her seriously. “Thank you for acknowledging my wickedness,” hesaid gravely, then bent down to adjust Tabitha’s studded pink collar.  Holly and Oak (Familiar Spirits Book Two) in ebook and paperback -- source link

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