As the dragons entered the hall, I realized something strange. "There are only nine of us. Where is the icewing?" Aphid had realized the same thing. I went back over my mental list. Right, no icewing. Snowfall looked at Lynx, and murmured, "Get Mink." I looked up, surprised. Mink? As in, princess Mink? Mink came in, moments later, and looked around. A smile spread across her face. "You're letting me go, your majesty?" She sounded wonderfully surprised. Clearly, when Mink volunteered, Snowfall had said no. The question was, why? Does it matter? We've got our team now. I thought, wrapping my tail around Aphid's. We were going back home to stop Belladonna.