Alex hurried to check up on Hayley, breaking the seals off and opening the coffin. The situation was better than what he thought of as a worst-case scenario. At the very least, her body wasn’t rotting, and her soul was still intact.

“Is she your secret lover?” Whitey scoffed.

“Whitey, you’re a cat, so don’t imitate humans and speak like us. Your kind never really established any relationships, right? You cats usually just find a random partner to mate with whenever it's mating season. Am I wro