“HYYURRRRAAAGGH!” Meranax clutched her chest. Her heart had jumped and she fell back on her horde, thrashing about in her armour, centuries of treasure was destroyed and tossed aside, some lost forever as she writhed in agony. Pain so awful it pierced her lungs like thorny vines in every air sac rolled across her body from tip to tail. Her vision swam, she couldn’t breathe nor scream, the pain was so unbearable she almost couldn’t think. She felt her blood on fire for a moment before it became unbearably, icily cold.