Gedeon merely smirked and chuckled as the fellow teen tried to intimidate him. “Oh, now, girlie. Don’t be so hostile! You should check the places you intend to go before you just walk into them without a care.” He prowled closer to her, eyes flicking over her gilded crown of flowers, her tawny coloring. “After all, I do live here, and you should expect to meet others. I’m just asking after you, girlie.” Gedeon chuckled again at the next words from the lone teen girl. “We can fix that. What’s your name?” He stepped still closer, backing her up against a copse of trees as he smiled slowly. Predatory sensuality dripped from his every word he spoke, every move he made, every step he took. “I’m just looking for some fun, and all you have to do is give it to me. You did wander into my home.

“Stuck in their homes they go nowhere!”