“I yield,” I gave in, but the pressure only increased. “Please…Father.” The ice turned abruptly to water and I fell to my hands and knees, gasping in a lungful of air, staring up at the man who had sired me, wondering how close he had come to killing me. Ransom cried out in pain and Father wheeled towards him. The little blue lizard I had followed into the passages beneath the Keep was on Ransom’s shoulder, biting into his neck. My half-brother grabbed it in his fist, throwing the creature to the ground and bringing up his foot, ready to stamp on its head. “No!” I lunged forward, catching the
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