Stone eyes stared up at me out of a swan's elegant, though huge, face from on top of a set of descending stairs. The seventh swan. Achievement unlocked.

I focused on my vampires' bites all over me and sent them a message, "Found the swan."

Maybe the kids, too, because she had to be here for a reason.

Lit multi-colored Christmas lights were wrapped around her bird body, which was odd. Her large wings were spread wide, reaching past the width of the inside of the ...