She smiled—sharp, sad, and beautiful. “Finally. You’re learning.”
The rain fell harder. Outside, a fox howled.
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“Fox demons don’t brood.” She flicked one of her tails against my wrist. “We calculate .”
I fumbled with my apartment keys, the chill of the autumn drizzle seeping through my hoodie. Beside me, Kitsu—the fox demon who had claimed my spare room (and apparently my sanity)—stood perfectly dry. Not a single droplet touched her silver-white hair or the tips of her nine tails, which swayed lazily behind her like ghosts in the mist. She smiled—sharp, sad, and beautiful
“Kitsu, I—”
Instead, she kept glancing at the western sky. At the sliver of the new moon. Outside, a fox howled
I felt a cold knot form in my stomach. “Someone’s coming for your contract?”