Deep inside the abyss rested a colossal formation of ancient ice, so dense and old that the surrounding frozen world seemed almost young beside it. Centuries of cold had hardened that prison until even magical steel would have looked fragile against it, and trapped inside was the enormous blue-white Dragon.
Motionless and barely alive!
Her crystalline scales had lost much of their brilliance, and strange black growths resembling thick tentacles had burrowed through openings in the ancient ice. Some had slipped between scales along her limbs and neck, others had attached across the chest and belly, while several had penetrated much deeper.
They were not restraining her.
They were feeding from her!
