Dirge POV

When Dirge awakened in the early morning light, Thessi was curled around him, and Patch’s Ziggy was trying to crawl out the window!

Cursing whoever made such easy-to-open windows, Dirge sprang out of bed and pulled Ziggy back just as the little climber was halfway through the window. Pressing him against his shoulder, Dirge grouched, “Your father wasn’t even this bad at your age. And who put that table and chairs under the window anyway? The Gilmours are going to ...