in a sudden flash , purple dots popped across my vision , like the violets in level zero . i would n't have made it through the holiday without you . '' `` just wait , i need my nephew first . '' our hope was to get him to call us back . it looked as if its skin had been torn off . `` i 'm sorry , '' he told her , his voice a little horse . as if did , the man shook . the home of the iron queen . 