A rough laughter echoed throughout the house.
And a hoarse voice replied "Are you unhappy with your mate's rather unfashionable accommodations? I was only trying to safely transport her across the rift before you showed up and burned the woods to the ground," the voice teased.
"If you want to speak to me, you better come out and stop hiding like a little girl, You. Shapeshifting. Snake," he said, drawing out the last part of his sentence.
His words seemed to strike a nerve because the place suddenly grew quiet as a wintery chill filled the air, reducing the cool evening temperature to a negative 5°c.
Then a figure swooshed past along the corridor, and the door at the entrance slammed closed. There was another swooshing to a corner in the house.
Wayne raised a palm to Candice, gesturin
