Maia's POV
Ron suddenly stops walking in front of us, making Toby and I also stop at our tracks. I'm on the second last step of the staircase, while Toby is one step behind me.
"What..." I say to Ron, "What is it?"
"Can you smell that?" he says, turning to us.
I quickly sniff the air and the reason his face looks so disturbed immediately becomes apparent to me. It's one pesky scent lingering in the air, all around where we are standing.
"Ashley!" Toby and I happen to say the name at exactly the same time.
"Yeah," Ron says, "Come on, we have to keep moving," he whispers the last part.
As I step up onto the floor, I can hear the murmurs coming from the two hybrids in this house. They are still chatting from a room in the far end of this floor, which means that they haven't yet figured
