Fairy-Struck
Cat quieted and looked at me again with grim intensity.
"It was a dream," I whispered, "and you woke me from it, didn't you?" She yipped and sat up; her head towering over me. "Good girl." I stretched a hand up to her and her head fell into my lap with a heavy thud. "Thank you."
Cat's tail started wagging back and forth over the tangled blankets with canine delight as I tried to recall everything that had happened in the nightmare. My fingers traced over the abused flesh at my throat, and I swallowed hard, past the pain.