My rage boiled at the sight of this thing under the control of Aidan.
I’ll kill you…
With haste, I fetched my breaker gun from my bedside drawer. The bullets in this weapon were strong enough to destroy a frostbrood. They weren’t effective on the nests, but were on the filth that crawled out of them.
Giant or not, this thing would be dead within the next few minutes.
I fired, striding onto the balcony, emptying the chamber into the wretched thing.
The frostbrood hissed, opening its ginormous mouth. I reloaded, firing again as more breakers thundered from all directions.
Chunks of ice fell from its body as the ice spikes burst, but the monster didn’t flinch.
Blue light blazed in the back of its mouth. I released a third round of bullets into it, standing on the balustrade.
This thing should at least be thrashing with rage by now.
A gale of cold breath tore from its mouth, crashing into me. I flew back, slamming into the far wall with my friend.
Ice spread across the room, everything freezing, including me. I tried to move, but the beast unleashed more of its freezing breath at me, layering me with ice, trapping me inside a freezing cocoon too overwhelming to break free of.
My limbs froze, my blood plummeting to a paralyzing temperature. But the breakers continued to fire, taking chunks out of the bastard. It would soon fall. There were breaker canons on those mortal ships. They knew what they were doing.
The ice continued to spread, leaving no inch of my chambers untouched.
Curse it!
The frostbrood groaned, opening its jaws wider as it inhaled, the same velocity of wind now pulling at my icy prison. The ice broke around the edges enough to free a chunk with me stilltrapped inside. It flew into the jaws of the monster for a moment before the filth flung me into the water.
What in Selene’s name?
A barrage of firepower from mortals and vampires alike continued to tear into the frostbrood with little effect. Damage was being done, but nowhere near enough as the beast continued to attack my palace.
I watched helplessly, bobbing in the waves on my back within the ice.
Again and again, I tried breaking free. But not even my little finger could muster any warmth to wiggle. The ice held me in a completely paralyzing grip.
My palace. By Selene! It was frozen solid, completely coated in glacial blue ice.
The frostbrood turned its attention back to me, unleashing more of its freezing breath around me, ignoring the attacks, freezing the sea until it solidified into a nest.
My goodness! A new nest!
Three more of the giant monsters rose from the water, launching an attack on the ships and aircraft zipping around the island.
No. No. No. This wasn’t happening, this couldn’t be another failure. I should have ordered the frostbrood destroyed the first time it appeared, but I’d been too preoccupied with other matters, not thinking it much of a threat, seeing as it never attacked.
You failed.
You’ve brought suffering again.
The first frostbrood giant’s golden eyes met mine until another layer of ice blocked out all light, a voice creeping into my head.
Gold dust danced in my vision,hislaughter following seconds later.
“There, there.” Aidan mocked me through a mental spell. “Peace will be here soon. I’m just figuring out some pesky details. Don’t worry, though, the sunlight won’t touch you in here. Not that it would make any difference.”
My insides squirmed, my rage having nowhere else to go.
