The Tenth Life of Vicki Torres

Is he saving the cat or is the cat saving him? Seth expected the world to end in wars and bombings, not in a plague. When he obeys his dying father and heads for their secret cabin in the mountains, he gets lonely so fast that he's willing to share his meager food with the stray that appears in the woods. But is the cat what she appears to be or is she something else entirely? Note: this story takes place during the fairy caused plagues of To Love a King