The Broken Seal

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Jinx is a fugitive trapped in an animal form after escaping a shadowy entity. Her only escape the Feral Retraction comes at a terrible cost: if her magic runs out she will remain a cat forever.</p>