Chapter 42

Mia's POV

"Claws?" Mabel asked, disbelieving."I want to see them,"

As she spoke, she came out of the room and stood hands akimbo, looking at my fingers with curiosity.

"My fingers hurt," I replied before I could stop myself. Then my hands shot up to cover my mouth.

Mabel just stared at me, the disbelief on her face and the curiosity have given way to an expression of I-knew-it-could't-be. Without a word, she turned to walk back inside.

Somehow, it hurt more than her usual tart comments. I had never really tried to get the claws out after they slid back inside, so I didn't really know how it works.

How do I slide it out? I thought frantically.

My fingers burned when I looked, the claws were there. Without pausing to wonder how I did it, I stopped Mabel from entering the room.

"Hey, look," I called out.

She turned, and satisfaction washed over me as an expression of shock came over her face. She turned to face me fully, and inspected the claws, tapping her fingers against them.