My island opened up and swallowed me. All the toes of my right foot burned as they touched something that shouldn’t have been there.
‘Patchy, no!’ Mum screamed.
‘Get away!’ I yelled.
Mum only hesitated for a second. She fled toward Ana and Mayanam at the sea’s edge.
I realised with some surprise that I was still above the ice. Or at least, my head was.
I tried to move my arms and couldn’t. The ice reached my armpits. It was already refrozen around me. Little wonder no one but Mum had left their home to see me off.
Where were my stupid monsters now? And how would I get out?
My feet and legs felt like they were on fire, which meant Patchy was still close. I bit my lip until I tasted blood and focused on the inconvenience instead of the deadly danger. Patchy was never good at boundarie
