Kai stifled a yawn as he meandered down the street.  No point in driving to the store, since there was a Wal-Mart literally five blocks away from his gym.  It was a nice day, though, so the walk wasn’t horrible.  The sun was out.  There was a pleasant breeze.  School was still in session so there were no kids making a nuisance of themselves...

The only problem was that he was being followed.  There might be giggling involved, but that sounded like some sort of car repeatedly crashing against a pole.

Hm.  That was a bad description.  The car was not crashing against a pole.  It was running over a cat.  Repeatedly.

Sighing, he stopped and turned his head, but like the last eight times... nothing.  Yes, he was keeping count.  He frowned.

This had happened ever since he’d volunteered to help Syd with the cafe last week, and Chang had come in.  Bugging them.  About Ruby.  Long story short, he started to make Sydney uncomfortable, Kai got pissed... and hypnotized him into obeying the witch’s every word.  Like a doll.  A Chang-shaped doll.

There was the flash of a camera, leaving dots in Kai’s eyes, and he blinked.  “What?”

“Can I have your autograph?”

Kai finally managed to see past the blinking lights in his eyes, and stared.  At Chang’s bodyguards.  Plural.

“Oh dear.”