Book One: Chapter 16

Naia nodded. “Goblins are a weird bunch. Trust me, you would have had no reason to make a wife of any normal goblin.” Naia’s nose crinkled. “Tink, you stink.”

“Tink hungry too,” the goblin announced, holding her stomach. “Just finish big sleep.”

“What’s the big sleep?” Mike asked.

“Between owners, the house has a way of hiding its denizens. I stay conscious the whole time, but the fear was that if a long enough period of time passed, some of the monsters would lose their shit and wander out into the world, lonely and looking for company. So they sleep, but I’m guessing that they are starting to wake up now that you are here.” Naia flipped her wet hair out of the way. “Tink, can I talk to Mike for a minute?”

Tink nodded. “I put away tools.” She quickly gathered the cleaning supplies and vanished into the garage.

“You fucked her, didn’t you?” Naia asked. Mike gulped. This was the fallout he was expecting.

“If I didn’t, she thought she had to leave.