The Red Heart of Jade
“Fainting just wasn’t her style. But it was her first sight of the teeth that did it, large and sharp, a set to make a great white shark jealous, and she closed her eyes and fell away into a different place, a room of sand and bone, a platform made of stone upon which she lay. She felt cold and hungry, her heart crying out for another.
And then she opened her eyes, and the wind was so strong it stole her breath, and she heard a great throbbing beat that entered her chest like some old drum. She ...squirmed, and whatever was holding her tightened like a vise, and she opened her eyes wider and realized she was staring at a chest. A very broad chest that was extraordinarily soft, with a slightly raised pattern that reminded her of scales.A snake. A dragon.And then she squirmed some more and glimpsed lights floating below. Many lights. An entire city. Just as though she was flying above it.Just as though she... was... flying.Miri screamed.“Quiet,” said Bai Shen, but Miri was too terrified to listen.MoreLess
And then she opened her eyes, and the wind was so strong it stole her breath, and she heard a great throbbing beat that entered her chest like some old drum. She ...squirmed, and whatever was holding her tightened like a vise, and she opened her eyes wider and realized she was staring at a chest. A very broad chest that was extraordinarily soft, with a slightly raised pattern that reminded her of scales.A snake. A dragon.And then she squirmed some more and glimpsed lights floating below. Many lights. An entire city. Just as though she was flying above it.Just as though she... was... flying.Miri screamed.“Quiet,” said Bai Shen, but Miri was too terrified to listen.MoreLess
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