Ann immediately recognized his eyes. "Kate, we have to get Peel right now. This is a matter of life and death. Get the covers on ya bed. The young one will not survive the night. It is lucky he woke up."<br/><br/>Kate frowned, "Why must we leave right this minute."<br/><br/>Ann sprang up, "Katie, this is a water wrym. He is a dragonkin. A gentle creature but in this prolonged state he will die."<br/><br/>Kate raced to the landing and called to her father's guard, "Captain, Get Peel and hurry. I need him to get the sleigh ready. Now. Hurry. Tell him to come to my room afterward."<br/>In moments Peel bound up the steps. He carried Syndicate to the sleigh. Syn was bundled in blankets. Kate rushed to the back door and hopped into the sleigh. She attached the lanterns lit by the stable boy Achrin.<br/><br/>Kate was handed the reins of two horses and dashed from the drive to the meadow. "I will get you to water. I am so glad Ann knows about your kind. I trust her to know what she is doing. Hold on. I am taking you to the lake. It will be cold."<br/><br/>Kate kept glancing and hoped she would get to the lake. She never raced the horses this fast. The skids had been waxed and the snow was in full sun. When she got to the lake he was gasping for air.