I recoiled in horror, but I reacted just in time, and the door brushed the tip of my nose.

Hansel was right in front of me, looking at me with eyes first of surprise, then disbelief.

My heart clicked a sound, I first step between the fire, "I heard your voice, curious came over."

Hansel's eyes were dark and his voice strange. "Did you hear what I said?"

I felt a strange surge of fear in my chest as I thought of the notes I had seen in the lab the night before and the ...