The dungeons' putrid air seemed to curdle around Lisa and Draco as they descended, each step fueled by towering rage.

"Vivian!" Lisa's shout detonated like shrapnel against the dank stones. "Show yourself, you miserable hag!"

A rusty chuckle rolled from the blackest recesses. "My, what dreadful manners you've adopted, Lisa dear. Surely my recent...lessons haven't gone that far astray?"

Draco snarled, stalking the shadows with feral menace. "Enough games, you faithless succubus! You've overstepped your bounds for the last time."

"Have I now?" Vivian's mocking tones slithered out. "And what new depravity have you laid at my feet, hmm?"

Lisa's hand whipped up, projecting flickering security footage into the gloom...