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A Murder of Cats
I gripped the steering wheel with white knuckles, chest heaving. “Don't scare me like that,” I said hoarsely.
“Expect the unexpected, worm. I'm always unexpected.”
“Please get out of my car.”
He ignored me, fishing my purse from the space between seats and rummaging through it. “Phone- no. Lip gloss- nooo. Ah, here it is,” he crooned, taking out the blue vial. “Now, little mortal, have you tried it yet?”
“What? No!-”
“-close your eyes,” he ordered, about to poke my eyes out. I shut them reflexively, and he dabbed the liquid onto my lids. “There,” he said, satisfied. I blinked back tears as my vision refocused. The night beyond my car burst into color, everything that had once been darkness was now muted colors, like the world seen through tinted glass. Will-'o-the-w
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