Chapter Four
My stomach filled up with fear. A shadow fell across my face as something moved overhead. I gritted my teeth and looked up.
The monster had clear skin, as glassy as the ice it hovered in. Its internal organs made faint moving outlines in grey and blood red. An orange lump bulged over its left eye, and it had three trailing fins coming out of its body at strange angles. It stared right at me.
I stopped shaking, and turned as cold and hard as the ice I clung to.
Right, I thought. Big ugly monster. I can handle this. All I have to do is …
The voice in my head trailed off.
Ah telk. I scowled at myself for running out of ideas, and tried again. All I have to do is … um …
The Heest turned tail-upward until it looked to me as if it was standing on its head. Ice creaked, and th
