The heavy sewer air felt thick and frozen. My own stolen hand trembled in front of my face, holding the sharp iron dagger directly against Lyra’s throat. I fought with every ounce of my mind, screaming at my muscles to stop, but the symmetrical link was total absolute perfection. Whatever my twin brother did with my original body twenty feet away, my new royal body copied it flawlessly."Look at you," my twin brother taunted, his voice sounding so strange coming out of my true chest. He tilted his head, a smooth, mocking gesture that forced my royal neck to tilt in the exact same direction. "A crown prince who cannot even control his own fingers. You are a passenger in that expensive skin, Kael."Beside him, Headmaster Vance stood with his arms crossed inside his spotless white robes. The faint green scales beneath his jaw rippled once more under the dim green light of Zane’s brass lantern, proving his true, beastly nature. "End this setup, boy. The girl has become an active hazard to