Draiss stared at the beam, and then snarled another spell, letting go of the book with a single hand to punch her in the throat, discharging the exact same beam into her throat. Glad that the imitate spell was successful, he brought his foot up into the upper part of her snake half, just below where it connected to her humanoid torso, even as he pulled the book out of her reach, not trying to actually attack her, but to use the better position to leverage his way free. He then void stepped through her, back to where Gammon was, and grabbed the construct, before void stepping again, getting away from her. The point was to deny her further knowledge from the book, which he tossed into a personal dimensional space, as they reappeared in the treasure room. "Sorry about that, needed to get clear to focus. Hold for one."<br/><br/>He stopped, released Gammon, and took a deep breath, allowing him to siphon the ambient magic in the area, recharging and healing himself, and activating one of his best spells. It had a high chance of something going horribly wrong, but against her, probably worth it.