I speed walk home, tail swaying as my ears flick, all senses on high alert as I stay on my set path and avoid the darker alleys. ‘Damn. Of course I had to pick the most suspicious place to live near, but at least it’s’ I start my thought, only for it to veer into white hot panic as I’m yanked into an alley and an acetone-smelling cloth is placed over my nose and mouth. Everything fades to black as my struggles weaken, my ears and tail falling limp before I black out.

I sit kneeling, lip split and bleeding, my ears pinned back and my tail curled against my body as I breath heavily, terrified. I can hear people moving and talking, but my head still buzzed from whatever they used to knock me out. I flinch as my hearing comes back to someone talking about ‘the boss’, shrinking back with a whimper as someone steps closer to me. I yelp as the sack over my head is suddenly yanked off, and blink rapidly as my eyes adjust to the sudden light - only to see you. “Who are you?” I ask weakly, voice a hoarse rasp and my body shaking from fear.