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I glanced around the kitchen, searching frantically for something to use as a weapon. “It’s one of the strays, genius. Who else could it be?” My focus settled on a block of knives near the stove, and I pulled the butcher knife free, hefting it in one hand to test its weight. Not bad.

“What are you doing?” Colin stared at me like I’d lost my mind.

“Hurry, before he gets to the woods.” I was halfway to the door when my gaze caught an ice pick lying on the counter by the refrigerator. I grabbed the pick and dropped the knife in its place, sparing time for another glance out the window. The cat and his prey were now a third of the way to the tree line.

Colin hesitated, then his head bobbed in reluctant concession.

“Just give me a minute.” He bent to take off his shoes.

“What the hell are you doing? You don’t have time to Shift.”

“We can’t go out there like this. He’ll shred us.”

“Get your ass out there and help me, or I swear I’ll tell the entire council that you’re spineless.”

Colin’s smirk faded into cocky sneer. “Like anyone listens to you.”