The cat shifted back into an androgynous human with pale eyes and long white blond hair. "I understand if you're angry at me for leaving you, but Iggy needed me. I couldn't just leave her alone with the raw power she has. She could have hurt someone or...or ended up like your Lydia; trapped in a cell." Ash whispered before looking away in shame. 

"I wanted to come back for you, darling, I really did. I couldn't leave someone who called me family."