"A shadow serpent," Hex murmured as he inspected the puddle of black blood with chunks of flesh and bones in it. "Though there was something strange about it. It didn't look like the ones in the nest."
The Shadow Serpents left a deep impression on him. The way these creatures fed and procreated, by entering and living inside other creatures, both, fascinated and creeped him out. That's why he recognized it at once and was able to notice some differences between the one that came out of the Witchkin and the one he remembered seeing in the nest.
The foul odor still lingered inside the room but the vapor had almost disappeared, as the window was open. Luckily, the window opened to an uninhabited spot behind the hotel, preventing others from noticing it.
