The Broken Seal

Josh was looking for silence, a refuge from a world that had only ever abandoned him. His sterile new apartment and its heavy lock were his fortress against pain. All he wanted was a quiet roommate to break the solitude. A cat. Nothing more.

He chose Jinx. A small black cat, traumatized, curled up at the back of her cage in the shelter. She seemed perfect. He did not know he had just adopted a whirlwind of raw magic and guilt.

Jinx is a fugitive, trapped in an animal form after escaping a sha...