Viviana got distracted as she saw movement on the stairs. She could only see the shadow on the floor since Lionel was obscuring her view. It definitely was something short and she had a feeling that it might be one of the devil's spawns.
She leaned to the side to have a closer look.
Why is that cat that big?
Her heart started pounding and she froze in fear not knowing what to do. Whenever she has intense fear, she found that her legs stopped working. She didn't know if it was her remnant memory of her days of paralysis. But her legs refused to cooperate with her brain and leave that place.
Lionel saw her face getting pale and turned to see what caused her fear. When he saw the big Maine coon cat, he couldn't hold back his smile. So much of her trying to deny the fact that she is Darcia. She is still scared of cats.