A laugh burst out of me before I could stop it.
“You can’t do that.”
Hannah’s eyes gleamed.
“But I can,” she said. “You’re legally an adult.”
Trisha jerked the suitcase forward again, dragging it toward the door with a smug little smile. The intention was obvious.
I stepped in front of the door before she could reach it.
That was when I saw the scales.
Something moved in the corner of my vision.
Before I could fully register what I was looking at, a massive snake appeared directly in front of me. Its body rose from the floor in a smooth, terrifying motion, hood spreading wide as it lifted its head to my eye level.
Fangs gleamed inches from my face.
“What the—”
I stumbled backward until my spine hit the door.
“Why is there a snake in the house?”
The serpent moved with unsettlin
