“All right, Oshellith. Layne isn’t going to let this go until you’ve been given the cliff notes, so listen close. I’m about to furnish you with the only information you really need to know. You have the distinct pleasure of being the only living human in all of Yvelia. You are not safe here.” He bared his teeth, flashing long, sharp canines that lengthened right before my eyes. “There was a time when this place teemed with your kind—”