Vy turned to the final scorpion, Orkin. She walked over to him slowly. She could see the fear in his eyes. Her eyes showed no discernable emotion as she came face to face with the scorpion.
"Where is my brother?" Vy asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about," the scorpion clicked and crackled.
Vy placed a hand on one of the dark ice shards that impaled Orkin's body. Blue blood oozed out of each wound and dripped down the smooth surface of the ice shards. Vy looked at the blood that stained her fingers in a shade of sapphire blue.
She rubbed it between her fingers to examine its viscosity.
She made eye contact with Orkin as she placed her hand back on one of the ice shards.
"I can grant you a swift death. Or one in agony,"
