The Little White Cat & the Dog Who Wasn't

What makes a man a beast?
One is her captor. One has fur and fangs. And then there's the cat.

The sorcerer Trencoss insists that Ailbe of Dún Allaine agreed to marry him. So he sets twenty-four black wolfhounds to keep her imprisoned in his sumptuous castle, but she cannot stop searching their faces—looking for the one dog who has been more loyal than any man she has ever known.

Then, a talking white cat leaps through the window.

To reward Ailbe for her gift of smoked eel and cheese, he sends ...