The efficiency really was impressive.

A smile curved at Ray's lips as he briskly opened the door.

If this had been a trap—if Snarky Guy and his companion meant to trick him into opening up so they could take him down—then there would have been only one outcome: they'd be mercilessly swallowed by the otherworldly dimension.

But instead, Snarky Guy was grinning obsequiously, bent nearly double, his face full of fawning submission.

Ray couldn't help but sigh and think, 'What a coward.'

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