"He's... he's in there?" Lan Zhan asks.

"I told you that you won't like it." Mai Yin points out.

I wince as Lan Zhan's tight grips too hard.

"Sorry." He tells me. 

"Okay, so you start looking for answers out here about... his uncle." Mai Yin says.

She grabs me.

"In we go!" She yells.

"Hey-" I yelp.

"You two kids have fun. I'm going for a drink." Ibu turns.

"Wait, what?" I ask.

"Eh. You kids have fun." Ibu says.

This is a house of... prostitutes basically. Lan Zhan has no business here. He looks already uncomfortable. He looks like the time when I had to try to get the blood out so I stripped. The thought of that again is shivering. The girls outside greet us. They wave and smile.

"Whatever you do, don't try to coax them. They're not really humans." Mai Yin tells me.

"What?" I ask looking at her.

"It's better that you don't understand they can be... energetic." Mai Yin says.

I wince as she pulls me.

"Wait." Lan Zhan grabs my hand.

"You're coming?" I look at him in surprise.

"I did not see that coming." Mai Yin says.

He wraps my arm around his shoulders.

"You're too weak to be on your own." Lan Zhan says.

"Okay, just... don't stare at them. You'll only get them excited this isn't your normal palace. The lady that owns it is also a witch. Madam Sakuya. She... don't piss her off." Mai Yin says.

"Let's go." I say.

"Fine." Lan Zhan sucks in a breath.