Feline Frenzy

The silence was a gaping wound in the familiar room. Only hours earlier, the air had vibrated with the little chirps and the insistent demands of my kittycats. Now, an unsettling silent stretched, broken only by my own agitated meows that echoed unanswered. A cool dread coiled in my belly, sharper than any kind of cravings pang. They were gone. Taken. The aroma of the human beings stuck around, a mocking reminder of their breach and my helplessness.