“Risk can bring reward, you know,” he returned, somewhat testy. It may as well have been a challenge, honestly. It always had been fun to watch mortals squirm.... he just had to ignore that he was one now. Of course, he still had very little sense of risk. He’d only been human a short time after all. … He didn’t concern himself with it.

With that, he started toward the mansion, looking over his shoulder to see who would follow.