PART II: Someone Like Her
"Oh, Cori…" Tantomile whispered. "Why her? Couldn't you have chosen someone else? Someone other than her?" She was seriously concerned about her brother and his new (and first) relationship. Tantomile was currently seated outside their den, where she knew the two other cats were together. "She's no good for you. She'll use you and make you love her, then she'll drop you like she has so many other toms before you. She'll go as soon as you become attached to her. She'll run off to Tugger again, like she usually does, and a week later you'll find her in the arms of another tom. She's no good for you," she repeated.
Don't you ever talk or think about her like that. I already love her. I know what I'm doing, Tanti.
Tantomile jumped and shuddered as the angry vibrations ran through her body. Even Tantomile was capable of forgetting about the powers that she and her brother shared.
I don't doubt you, she sent back silently.
Then why do you doubt her so? Trust me, Tanti. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. But I'll sure as hell try to make it work.
I just don't want to see your heart get broken, Cori.
Tantomile could imagine her brother laughing bitterly as she received his next message: I can look after myself.
Coricopat's words did nothing to make Tantomile feel better about the relationship; if anything, they made her feel even more distrusting of the scarlet queen. "I repeat: Why Bombalurina?"