Here's a hint: his silver eyes were glittering.

She glances back.

She removes his hand off her mouth. The ice prince is the last person she wanted to see.

"This way," he said in a low voice, now tugging on their hands, "while the idiot has them distracted."

she glanced back at Puck. Then looked to Ash, Hesitantly she began walking after him.

"He knows where Ethan is!" She retorts.

Ash narrowed his eyes. "Hesitate now, and Goodfellow will die. Besides...I'm not giving you a choice." He was speaking mostly to Isiea.

" She doesn't care if Puck dies. "

"I'm only here to find Ethan!" She retorts. "Go bother someone else!"

The Winter prince didn't respond, just started to pull them down the cavern the way they had come.

"Hellooooooooo." Puck's voice echoed farther down the cavern. "Sorry, ugly, wrong me! Keep going, Im sure youll get it right next time!"

Ironhorse looked up from stomping a fake Puck into the ground, crimson eyes blazing with hate. Seeing yet another Puck, it tensed iron muscles to charge, when one of the gremlins spotted the trio sneaking along the wall and gave a yelp of alarm.

Ironhorse whirled, eyes flaring as they settled on the trio. Ash muttered a curse. With a bellow and a blast of flame from its nostrils, it charged, bearing down on them like the steam engine it was named for. Ash drew his sword and flung a shower of ice shards at the monster. They shattered harmlessly on its armored hide, doing nothing but enraging it further. As the roaring, flaming bulk of metal descended, Ash shoved both girls out of the way and dove forward, the flailing hooves missing him by inches. Rolling to his feet behind the monster, he cut at its flank, but Ironhorse plunged its head down and kicked him in the ribs. There was a sickening crack, and Ash was hurled away, crumpling to the floor in a heap.