The world of the homancats 2

Previously

…The silence that followed was profound, a heavy blanket of grief and fear. Isaiah held his newborn, Loveblue, close, the tiny blue body a stark reminder of the darkness that had descended. Pearl, her small hand gripping his arm, watched with wide, uncomprehending eyes. The quiet village of Hamptom had been irrevocably changed. The world of the homancats, a world they never knew existed, had just begun to intrude upon their own. And the shadow of a dark spirit, with its cat-like ears and tail, loomed on the horizon, waiting.