"More or less. The house likes to play tricks on people."

That was putting it mildly. He'd only been in Wonderland a week before he saw the mansion shift for the first time, stripping him of everything that gave him an edge when it came to survival but leaving him crippled with the weak points of being a vampire. That had been fun.

"I'm told they're not always deadly, but everything I've seen so far has been pretty harsh. Hoping I just turned up during a bad streak. You've got the right idea, though. I think you'll do alright."