324 Abercorn
A distant part of his mind told him this wasn’t normal, not Phantom’s behavior or his own, but that voice was soft, easy to ignore.
The cat jumped up on one of the chairs that bracketed the chess table and began clawing at the cushion, tearing the upholstery so that stuffing bled out of it. Phantom rolled over and writhed on the chair in a way that seemed almost carnal in nature. As Brad watched, the animal began to morph, expanding and transforming, becoming the shape of a young woman with caramel-colored skin and a yellow shift dress, her hair hidden beneath a matching yellow turban.
This too elicited laughter from Brad. “Neat trick,” he said, or thought he said. Perhaps he only thought it
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