Chapter Thirty Eight

She was sobbing quietly when Toby curled up next to her offering his warm body as comfort,

‘What am I going to do Toby?’

She whimpered as he nuzzled against her,

‘Use your magic’

She jumped and spun around her eyes scanning the little room,

‘Who said that?’

There was no one there and she sighed heavily,

‘Great now I’m hallucinating’

‘You are perfectly sane Ella’

She stifled a scream and spun around,

‘Who is that?’

’You know who I am’

Ella was trembling and refused to look down, a soft paw touched her foot,

‘Don’t be afraid of me Ella’

She jumped up and paced the tiny room,

‘No, no this cannot be happening, I must be having a breakdown. Cats don’t talk, cats don’t talk, cats don’t .’

‘But I do Ella and I know you can hear me’

Ella stopped her pacing and took a deep breath, then she looked down at the big fluffy black cat sitting on her bed,

‘Toby?’

His beautiful yellow eyes gazed straight into hers,

‘Yes, although my full name is Sir Tobias Winthrop I will allow you to continue calling