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Chapter fourteen

Quick A/N: I'm gonna stop Indenting before every Paragraph because if I don't it makes writing a little easier. :)

Moon, Taiga and Qibli ran through the winding tunnels of Jade Mountain. Dragons
jumped out of the way and stared at them as they shot past.

" They're not in their sleeping quarters, " Moon said between gasping
breaths. " She has to look for them somewhere else. "

" She could have killed Clay in the prey center, " Taiga pointed out. " So why didn't she? "

" I think - I think she didn't want to do it in front of Winter, " Moon said, stopping and pressing on her temples. " And Clay is the biggest. Maybe she wants to kill off the easiest ones first. Sunny? "

" Sunny's not that easy to kill, " said Taiga.

" Starflight, " they said at the same time, and whirled to race to the library.

Icicle got there first.

They burst in to find her silently creeping up on Starflight. Her lethally sharp claws were outstretched and her jaw was moving, calling up the deadly IceWing frostbreath. When she saw them, her eyes widened and
flicked from them to Starflight and back.

The blind NightWing was crouched
in a corner, sorting scrolls by touching the stamps on the edges, but he raised his head in Moon's direction.

" Starflight, look out! " Qibli shouted.

Icicle leapt forward and landed on Starflight's back. He yelled with pain,
and she wrenched him around so his body was between her and the others. Her talons wrapped around his throat and her wings pinned his to his sides.
" Don't do anything stupid, " she hissed.

' There's a window right behind her, ' Taiga thought.
' If she realizes that, she could kill him and jump out before we could stop her. '

" Please don't kill him, " Moon said, holding out her claws. " Just let him live and we won't stop you - you can leave, go wherever you want. "

" I promise, " Starflight said, his voice hoarse with fear. " You won't have done anything wrong, Icicle. You can still go home now, but if you kill me, Queen Glacier might not take you back. "

" You can't trust Queen Scarlet, " Moon said. Icicle jerked her head around to stare at Moon. " Listen, please. Set him free, and I promise we won't tell anyone you were conspiring with her. "

Icicle's wings flared. " How did you know that? " she snarled.

" Queen Scarlet? " said a voice behind them. " Icicle, what are you doing? "

It had been Winter they'd run past, and of course he had followed them.

" Stay out of this, " Icicle warned him. " Unless you'd like to be helpful, in
which case, go find Sunny and kill her. "

" What are you talking about? " Winter shouted. " Why would we do that? "

" Mother always said you weren't as strong or smart as Hailstorm, " she spat.

Winter flinched as if he'd been struck.

" I see you edging closer, SandWing, and Rain wing, Ice wing hybrid thing. " Icicle said, glaring at Qibli and Taiga. They
stopped moving.

" Listen. I'll just take this librarian with me to make sure no one follows. I'll release him once I'm a safe distance away. That's the best deal you're going to get. "

" She's lying, " Moon said. " She'll kill him as soon as she gets a chance. "
' And Moon would know, ' Taiga thought with a smirk.

Icicle shot a poisonous look at Moon.