Magic Bound and Unbound Ch 7 Preview
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"Hello, Commander Iverson," Shiro said firmly with a salute.
Iverson dismissed the formality and waved him further inside. As he stepped forward, he noticed a young familiar curled up on one of the high-backed chairs. Shiro looked him over, instantly noticing the ears pinned back on his head and the annoyed twitching of his tail. So a cat-mix then, Shiro thought, though the boy looked hardly old enough to be considered a cat yet. He was so young, still a kitten if the fuzz on his ears was anything to go by. And, despite his youth, he was giving both of the men one of the fiercest glares Shiro had ever seen as he flexed his claws into the leather of the seat.
Shiro suppressed a smile, imagining how annoyed Iverson would be when he found claw marks in his chair.
"Officer Shirogane, thank you for coming so quickly. I have urgent matters to discuss with you." Iverson said as he folded his hands in front of him and nodded for Shiro to take a seat.
Shiro sat down with a quick glance at the other familiar. The cat was now staring down at the seat and Shiro could tell that he wanted nothing more than to bolt out of the room. Shiro held back a grimace and, not for the first time, wondered why the familiar was here and why he looked about an inch away from murdering both of them. He flexed his claws further into the leather and it let out a scratchy sound.
"Stop that." Iverson barked at the boy, causing him to freeze. The familiar in the chair whipped his head around to glare at the older man. The kitten looked angry, but Shiro caught the way that he tried to curl into a smaller ball and the slight quivering of his flattened ears.
That was when it hit him, the familiar was afraid, maybe even terrified, and seeing that look on someone so young absolutely broke his heart.