A peculiar change

Not one parasitized.

That was the conclusion Hex reached when he finished his night visits, entering and inspecting each remaining member of the Witchkin. Aside from the one with Cyantha and her mother, of course. 

When the first couple of visits failed to produce new clues, he felt elated. After all, the less people were turned into host bodies, the less victims he had to worry about. But when even the last person he visited seemed clean, he knew something didn't add up.

His attacker had a shadow serpent-like creature inside her. That was a fact. He didn't doubt that for a second. But he was equally convinced about the accuracy of his inspection.