hovercar and onto the glo

en products in languages she couldn't read. The architecture was a dizzying mix of sleek met

ntly blocked the wind and the curious stares of passing

ng a hand hovering just an inc

discreet, matte-black facade. The go

nsive cedar and vanilla. The lighting was soft, illuminating

t ears perked up from behind a marb

dict's chest. Her orange ears flattened i

lled a sleek, obsidian-black card

ed. "Everything she needs. Cur

. She turned to Allegra with a blinding, professional smil

, Allegra was trapped in a

dresses with bizarre cutouts for tails, and tops woven from lumine

ying dress-up in a world where she didn't belong. A he

a simple, soft beige cashmere dress. She slipped it

eyes on the plush carpet, her shoulders slumped. The

on a velvet sofa in t

her. He saw the droop of her should

bravely offered him a courting touch to soothe his temper, and he had violently pulled away. He had shattered her p

he had violently pulled away. He had humiliated her.

wly across the room until he was

hated the dress. She opened her

h. He turned around, prese

is thick snow leopard tail and draped it b

ack-tipped tail was hovering

e was thick, strained, and complete

ire comfort," he rasp

realized he was being a jerk, and was now offering his tail as an apology. It was exa

to be rude and r

ed out and gr

hand from the base all the way down to the tip, digging her

ire body viole

down on his lower lip so hard he tasted blood. His

e a dying sun, and then, miraculously, smoothed

the back room carr

attled in her shaking hands. Her orange ca

e of a boutique, letting a female aggressively massage his tail i

ted back into the stockroom, terrified

essive petting session. S

genuinely smiling. "

his tail away

color bled all the way down his neck and disappeared

throat, the sou

" Benedict barked at the empty r

the entire store. She shook he

ay another word, his wr

h the quiet boutique. The romantic, awkwar