[Newbie, new book, first time here, you can ask questions, don't comment if you don't like it]
A dilapidated hotel in a downtown area, a proprietress whose pupils turn gold, a cook whose knife disappears when cutting vegetables, and a nightmare that transforms into a sky-burning phoenix after moving in...
"You have a world-destroying ferocious beast sealed within your body."
"We are the jailers who guard the cage."
Golden red flames spurted out, burning up the dark shadows in the sky!