Shadow and the tribe have made a decision: they’re leaving old Joseph’s house and searching for a new home. But there are many dangers on the streets for a tribe of stray cats (and a dog) who are no longer protected by four walls and a roof. Can Shadow still keep everyone together and bring up Sophia the kitten well, even though they’re now wild?

Cats Wild

 Spot is a dog of action, not words. His small body twists around as he takes in the scene beneath him. I think that’s what he’s doing, anyway. His little eyes flick from the queen to Baxter to Reeve to me. They’re bright and beady, and they worry me. 


 My eyes grow so large that they must take up all the room on my face. One moment, he’s perched precariously on the wall. The next? 


 He’s flying. What’s that saying about ‘when pigs fly’? Whatever it is, considering that we now have a flying dog, pigs can’t be too far behind. The world has gone mad. 


 Spot’s flight doesn’t last long. His short white body hits the queen with a horrendous thud. She yowls and Sophia jumps from her mouth, scrabbling over the cobbles and away from the blue-grey monster. 


 I don’t wait to see if Spot has the queen secured, or if she’s being scared away. I don’t even see if either of them is injured. 


Chapter Fifteen