Taira released the hair of the final hero and roughly shoved him back into bed.
As the oaf began a dreamless sleep, the fox demon became incorporeal once more and made his way back into the hallway.
He'd gone into just about every room in the castle by now. His compulsion had taken roots in the minds of
He hoped that, by the time he finished, Aveena and Shakti hadn't already fallen asleep.
His eyes briefly turned pink, and his stomach growled with a different flavor of hunger.
"Is that all you can think about...? I'm not complaining, I'm just asking."
Startled, Taira shot to the ceiling and looked around for danger like a wild animal.
Instead of an enemy, the only thing he found was an annoying old fox in the form of a wispy spirit.
"Ha! Blood of the fox, bat, and cat apparently! You seem to have the entire animal kingdom resting within your bones, boy."
