Malachi and the Ghost Kitten: Eve and Malachi, #2

By Abigail Hilton

Malachi has the most wonderful adopted family in the world. They love him and tell him stories and bring him food. The problem: Malachi is a boa constrictor and his adopted family are a colony of rats. His particular friend is a young rat named Eve, who does her best to steal tasty treats for Malachi from the farm house. However, the treats seem to be making Malachi sick, and he is growing dangerously hungry.

Then, one day, an old enemy comes to visit. She offers a solution to their problem in exchange for a favor. Animals from the neighborhood have been disappearing into a house down the street, and she wants Malachi and Eve to investigate. The local cats say the house is haunted.

This is Book 2 in the Eve and Malachi Series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pavonine Books
• Release date: Oct 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9781386373377

Abigail Hilton

Abigail Hilton is a traveling nurse anesthetist, based in Florida. She has spent time in veterinary school and done graduate work in literature. You can connect with Abbie and find all her social media links at www.abigailhilton.com. Abbie also writes steamy fantasy romance under the pen name A. H. Lee. If that sounds interesting to you, check out Incubus Caged. Warning: those books are edgier than her epic fantasy series.

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Malachi and the Ghost Kitten

Eve and Malachi, Book 2

By: Abigail Hilton

Published by: Pavonine Books

Cover art and illustrations by: Sarah Cloutier

Cover Design by: Jeff McDowall

© 2014 Abigail Hilton. All rights reserved. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This material may not be reproduced, modified, or distributed without the express prior permission of the copyright holder. Artwork is displayed by agreement with the artists.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. In Which the Cat May Be Right

Chapter 2. Manners

Chapter 3. In Which Malachi Gets Dinner and Makes a Bargain

Chapter 4. In Which Evil Things Look Ordinary

Chapter 5. Beware!

Chapter 6. In Which Effy Loves Something

Chapter 7. A Rescue Gone Wrong

Chapter 8. The Devourer

Chapter 9. Vengeance

Chapter 10. Friends

Chapter 1. In Which the Cat May Be Right

There once was a boa constrictor who lived with a colony of rats beneath a dense stand of blackberry bushes on the edge of a farm. This may seem odd to you, dear reader. It certainly seemed odd to the dogs and cats and horses and cows and chickens who lived with the humans in the neighborhood. It also seemed odd to the rabbits and squirrels and birds and foxes and coyotes and raccoons who lived in the woods beyond the blackberry bushes.

But the rats and the snake had helped to free each other from the boy who lived in the farmhouse. Now they were pleased to share each other’s company. The farmhouse cat often hunted the rats, but she feared the snake and would not come near the rats’ nest when the snake was present.

The snake’s name was Malachi, and his closest friend was a young rat named Eve. Eve sometimes remembered the cat’s parting words as they had fled the house. "He’s a snake, and snakes eat rats. That’s his nature.