“Hush,” I murmur to Godfrey under my breath. “They’ll die if we don’t help them.”
He raises his black nose and gives a little snort.
We’re not allowed to have animals in the kitchen where Spring bakes for the shop, so I call to her as we pass the doorway “Spring, I need you.”
Hopper uses his booted foot to push open the entrance to my treatment room where I do crystal consultations and energy work on clients. He sets the box on the table and once more begins petting the kittens, his low voice soothing them as he speaks endearments.
The anxious mewing morphs into sounds of curiosity as they struggle to get into his hands. A couple try to suck on his fingers, while a white one with orange spots climbs his arm.
Hopper laughs softly, a smile spreading across his bearded face. This part of him amazes me, even though I’ve seen it before. His appearance is that of a rough mountain man, or a biker from some motorcycle gang, and seeing the softer side of him is always a pleasant surprise.
He glances at me and my heart melts a little. “You can save them, right?”
I detach the white and orange kitten’s nails from his arm and hold it close to my chest. Through the palm of my hands I feel its weak heartbeat but also its determination to live.
I don’t want to see the future because I know its chances are less than fifty percent, but it comes anyway. I smile back at Hopper, camouflaging the dread I feel. “Of course.”
Spring rushes in, her blonde hair in a ponytail, her cheeks flushed from the heat of the kitchen. She’s carrying a dishtowel in her hands, drying them on it. “What’s wrong?” Her eyes go to the tiny being I’m holding, then the box and Hopper. “Goddess above, where did those come from?”
I tell her about Godfrey leading me to them. “Someone abandoned them.”
She frowns. “What do you need me to do?”
“We need something for them to eat. We’ll have to hand feed them, probably with droppers to start.” A little magick might be in order too, I tell her telepathically.
A nod, determination like that of the small kitten flooding through her. “I have mom’s formula recipe for abandoned baby animals. I used it on the squirrels I found this past spring in the forest, remember? I’ll tweak it for these little guys. Be right back.”
Hopper disengages his hands from the box after a bit of struggle. One kitten nearly made it all the way up to the Death Before Dishonor tattoo on his bicep, but he doesn’t seem annoyed at the tiny nail pricks. “I have a heat lamp at my place. Do you want me to get it?”
His antique shop three miles north is where he lives, but still, the time it’ll take may be too much. These guys need to warm-up and eat now.
“Spring has grow-lamps in the green house,” I tell him. “There are three by three boxes for seedlings as well. They might be the perfect size. Can you grab one of each?”
He nods and takes off. “Don’t worry,” he calls over his shoulder. “It’ll be okay.”
Hopper knows I’m a witch, but I’m not sure what his concept of that is. He doesn’t know I can sometimes see the future or get hits off certain things I touch.
I’ve touched him.
I wish I hadn’t.
My treatment table has a gemstone mat on it that heats, so I turn it on, clicking the infrared and photon options as well. The little guy I’m holding mews raggedly, but then I feel a soft vibration under my hands.
Purring.
Thank you, the teeny, tiny voice barely registers in my mind, but it’s there. My mothering instincts kick in hard, and I close my eyes. Once again, the future flashes across my mind.
The kittens’ chances are growing stronger.
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