She drifted for a second, forgot where she was and what was happening.
Suddenly, something hit her, jarred her back awake. Despite her fear, her eyes flew open. The ground...had she hit? And survived?
No. She was still moving, fast...but sideways. Something...arms...held her. Her head fell backwards, over one of those arms, against a chest...solid, cool, bare. Her heart was beating. She could feel it, could feel air moving in and out of her burning lungs. She'd been screaming. The thought seemed random, unattached to anything. Like her reality.
Nothing seemed real...She pressed trembling fingers to her cheeks. Felt that, felt everything.
She was alive. Impossibly someone had saved her. Finally, she forced her face to turn upward, to see who held her.
A smooth, chiseled jaw. High cheekbones. Angled, strong features that should have been unattractive, but somehow put together were arresting, commanding and...familiar. She reached up, heard a whisper of movement and turned her gaze to the noise. Wings, six feet wide, glowed back at her--white as if carved from marble. Her eyes shot back to her savior's face. He was looking at her now with features strong as rock.
Dear God. She'd been saved by the gargoyle. Her mouth opened, and a scream ripped from her throat.
The stone creature ignored her. He tightened his hold and dove forward until air whooshed past her again--stole both her breath and the scream that had been flying from her throat.
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
Chapter 1, When Gargoyles Fly