Chapter Six
Ransom left without another word and I turned my attention to the monsters.
If I really did this, I can fix it.
Spike leaked venom. It ran over her clear skin in filthy green ribbons and burned through the ice in long lines. One of the venom trails crossed a dip in the wall and hissed out in a burst of green steam that stank of rotten eggs.
Lumps spun in circles, bouncing between the other two and hurtling on around the cave. Patchy twisted upside down and half sideways, blinking as if something in his great red eyes was hurting him.
There was no time to feel bad, so I held back my tears. I had a sick feeling Ransom was right. All this was my fault. It wasn’t the first time someone’s anger sent the Heest into a deadly panic.
I tried to fill my mind with something other th
