Imgarten was only a hair’s breadth away from the edge when she saw the cliff dropping into nothingness below.

“Stop!” she called out, tail lashing from side to side, her dark spinal projections standing on alert.

“What on earth?” Verrhyn shouted accusingly, barely stopping herself from careening into Imgarten. Verrhyn’s whiskers twitched and her cat-like pupils widened as she came to the realiz...