“I guess I was right. You were waiting for me, weren’t you?” Desmond responded. He wasn’t going to let her presence intimidate him, despite how much it truly did.

“Oh, you made it painfully obvious that you were here. That’s the downfall of those creatures, isn’t it? They’re so noisy it’s hard to ignore their screams,” she answered with a dry chuckle. She waved her hand then, as though dismissing the topic. “No Mykel this time? You’re either very brave ...