More Valdemar, more Mags ... the only reason I waited so long to start was the hold at the library was so very long.  At any rate, back into Valdemar with #43 of the series, #1 of a new spinoff series Valdemar Family Spies.

"Prince Trey had been Chosen, but in a startlingly rare occurrence, his Companion was little more than a foal."

"It would be nice to be a cat, he thought. Everything is so simple for them. Food or not-food. Thing to play with or thing to ignore. Favored human or not-favored human. Now, in particular, this cat’s world was perfect. She had just been fed, the sun was exactly the right warmth, on exactly the right place. The cushion was perfectly soft. No one was disturbing her. She was one unit of contentment, from her whiskers to her tail."

Okay, this will pull any Valdemar fan out of a reading slump (although Mags books should be read before this set).

"And the puppies—were puppies. Who wouldn’t be happy with a head full of puppies?"