It took a full minute for Arik to realize that the whine he heard belonged to him. Then it was Blaze’s voice that Arik was hearing as though from a million miles away. “My curse was that so long as her blood was upon this earth, so was I doomed to wander it.”
Arik’s father began to repeat the words. “So long as her blood was…”
“He killed her,” Arik hissed, his voice shaking.
“Her blood remains.”
“No!” Arik jabbed the reflection of his father so hard Arik thought he’d have to witness the entire display of magic glass again. “Not a single member of that family remains. Not one.”
“Oooh,” the goat lifted a finger, silencing the both of them. “I’ve got this one. One minute, please.”