Browbeat edged up to the staircase wall, his wings humming as he hovered, and peered down the upstairs hallway. The house was quiet, but he knew it wasn't unoccupied. He could hear Kip talking somewhere, and Charlie and Rick and Adrian laughing, but no one was in sight, which was all that mattered.
"The coast is clear," he whispered to the small figure behind him. "Just try not to bang that crate into anything."
"You sure?" Casper asked, keying the gravity manipulator that had hold of