“Oh yes,” Hiato murmured. “A rather unexpected and stubborn guest from the looks of things.” Taking the letter, he smiled and bowed, moving away with liquid quick speed.<br/><br/>Roiling and wrapping around the girl, the serpent’s razor sharp fangs made quick work of the clothes it could easily access – then, as if in mockery at her attempts to resist it, the massive creature finally bit down on the girl’s inner thigh, her kicking legs effective – though not enough against this prehistoric monster. The pain was silvery and…oddly sensual, an injection of white hot pain edged in euphoria, pleasure unknown and unmatched. Then, in a whirling blur of motion, the serpent was gone and the girl was outside the door of the mansion – deposited there by the creature, right in front of the open door.<br/><br/>“Do come in,” Hiato called from a room away, his hands filled with a tray of tea from where he’d managed to summon it. He glanced out at Vanessa, eyes raking her over with an oddly predatory hunger. “If you attempt to flee again, I worry for your safety, my lady.” He sounded polite, but the expression on his handsome, ageless face was positively murderous.<br/>