Midnight Frost
“I said instantly. “If Delano dies, the pixies will be completely uncontrolled. They'll keep fighting. We need him to call them off.”
“Call them off?” Shasta shouted. “Why, that spineless, cowardly bastard – why would he ever do that?”
“Because it's too late,” I said. “For him. For Winter. For Summer. We've got a bigger enemy now. The Dark Hordes. And if we don't team up together – yes, even the pixies – they're going to wipe us all out. You think the Dark Hordes will be happy once they've slaug...htered all of us? No, when our blood starts to run dry they'll start on them. And Delano knows that. His lust for power may have made him blind – but now he sees. He must! He sees what he has done. We can't kill him before he stops the pixies – stops the Hordes, if he can!”
“Fight with pixies?” Shasta scoffed, her sword coming down on another pixie soldier. “Never! After what they've done.”
“Shasta, wait...” The Winter Queen started, but it was too late. Shasta had sprang onto her horse and galloped off.MoreLess
“Call them off?” Shasta shouted. “Why, that spineless, cowardly bastard – why would he ever do that?”
“Because it's too late,” I said. “For him. For Winter. For Summer. We've got a bigger enemy now. The Dark Hordes. And if we don't team up together – yes, even the pixies – they're going to wipe us all out. You think the Dark Hordes will be happy once they've slaug...htered all of us? No, when our blood starts to run dry they'll start on them. And Delano knows that. His lust for power may have made him blind – but now he sees. He must! He sees what he has done. We can't kill him before he stops the pixies – stops the Hordes, if he can!”
“Fight with pixies?” Shasta scoffed, her sword coming down on another pixie soldier. “Never! After what they've done.”
“Shasta, wait...” The Winter Queen started, but it was too late. Shasta had sprang onto her horse and galloped off.MoreLess
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