"...why is my house reacting to me now?" I asked.
Nobody moved to answer immediately.
The heavy double doors stood wide open, spilling warm yellow light across the damp lawn. I stared at the entrance, waiting for the building to do something else.
It stayed silent.
The manor lacked any actual personality or sentience. There was no haunted house behavior happening here. It was just a massive magical battery that had finally recognized the current running through my chest. The system was acknowledging the structure as bonded territory purely because of my draconic synchronization changes.
Reika thought the open doors were a fantastic greeting. Her tail started wagging in a fast rhythmic sweep.
Celeste crossed her arms, looking at the warm light with deep suspicion. She trusted very few things that opened by themselves in a magical forest.
Valka dropped a hand to her weapon, stepping sideways to keep the perimeter in view while she evaluated the threat level.
