Scorched and bloodied, Erd twists his head sideways and flashes his brightest smile. “Ladies! We can work this out, yes?” He grunts as Rach’s foot stomps down on his back.

We all move at once, knives, lightning, and magic projectiles exploding outward, seeking targets. I’m laser-focused on Erd’s furious face

The nun slams the tip of her sword into the tiled floor, pale lightning weakly crackling away from it to either side. “Akheron! You are hereby charged with public indecency in five realms!”

My feet have barely touched the ceiling before I hear a loud pop. We fall, gravity abruptly restored, but Vera somehow casts a protection bubble.

Shock is my first reaction, followed by a rush of weightless glee. “Damn it, Felicia!” Rach grabs my elbow.

“It’s the Loot Sisters!” the goblin on the left laughs, an olive-studded toothpick clenched between his teeth. “Should we baptize them with fire?”

We descend into sweet-scented chaos, pineapple triangles scattered across the tiled floor. Everything is dripping water, including Felicia, who got a tad too close to one of the elementals.

A frantic herd of glitter-skinned men in saffron-yellow towels emerges from Akheron’s, with no goblins in sight. “Damn,” the nun sighs.