CAT?

Kitty cat?

Pssstttt- Cat?

I woke with voices echoing in my head, the sound rather bewildering after the pleasant dreams I'd been ensconced in.

'What-,' I fumbled around the sheets, brain still not piecing it all together.

CAT!

'Yes!' I yelped.

'Kitten?' Alek, some distance from me on this huge expanse of bed, all cocooned in sheets and cover. 'Go see Kassie, would you. She won't shut up.'

'But,' I began to ...