‘Fool! Step away from him!’ I cried, and Paragon lifted his eyes to lock his gaze on me. ‘Don’t ever call her a fool!’ he snarled at me, past sharp teeth. ‘She is wiser than all of you!’ ‘Amber, what have you done?’ Althea cried in a low, broken voice. Brashen was silent, staring in stark horror at the transformed figurehead. ‘She has given me back my true nature, at least in part!’
