"What?" Athenodora asked, looking incredulous.
"You heard me," Caius said with his eyes on her, "Say 'Please'."
The two spent a minute staring at each other, then Athenodora began to laugh. She laughed so hard she doubled over and pressed her hands on the ground as her entire body shook due to the intensity of her guffaws.
At first, Caius was amused and said nothing but the longer the laugh went on, the more… eerie it sounded. The hairs on his arms began to rise as a strange energy began to radiate from Athenodora's form.
As she laughed, Athenodora lowered her head, causing her short bob of hair to create a curtain around her face that shrouded it from view. Still laughing, Athenodora moved forward on all fours. Only two slow steps at first and then she moved so rapidly that Caius flinched.
There was now less than a foot of space between them as Athenodora raised her head, her red eyes more menacing than Caius had ever seen them.
"You want me to say 'Please'?" She asked.
