“What are you?” Earl choked out in shock when Delilah Rosewater’s face began to transform.
He watched as swirls of what looked like scales began to appear along both of her cheeks and down her neck. Her hazel eyes had a strange flame in them and her pupils looked elongated. The gold creature on the stairs lost its form and passed through the spindles of the railing, then flowed over the man he had shot in the back.
He swallowed when another golden creature in the shape of a huge cat stepped out of the sitting room and snarled at him. Twelve inches or longer fangs caught the dwindling light from outside. He turned his gun on the creature and emptied the last few rounds into the monster before reaching under his coat and pulling out another gun.
This one he aimed at Delilah. He started to
