Winter's Shadow
“They were flying again. Flying through the same dark skies they had the previous night. Blake was at her side, still holding her hand. He smiled reassuringly, and Winter knew that as long as she held onto him she would be safe.
The perfume of this strange place filled her nostrils and lungs. She breathed it in curiously, more conscious of the effect it had on her than last time. As before, the scented air calmed Winter, soothing her fears like an opiate. The imminent threat of the Skivers seeme...d to fade further away with each breath.
They drifted closer to the clouds below, and Winter began to see glimpses of the dark shapes of the city through the grey veil. Here and there a particularly ambitious structure broke through the misty canopy, backlit by the emerald blasts of light issuing from the wells beneath. She could just make out people standing around these circular cavities, arms rapturously outstretched, waiting for the next geyser of light to erupt. Bells chimed close by, growing louder, more hypnotic.MoreLess
The perfume of this strange place filled her nostrils and lungs. She breathed it in curiously, more conscious of the effect it had on her than last time. As before, the scented air calmed Winter, soothing her fears like an opiate. The imminent threat of the Skivers seeme...d to fade further away with each breath.
They drifted closer to the clouds below, and Winter began to see glimpses of the dark shapes of the city through the grey veil. Here and there a particularly ambitious structure broke through the misty canopy, backlit by the emerald blasts of light issuing from the wells beneath. She could just make out people standing around these circular cavities, arms rapturously outstretched, waiting for the next geyser of light to erupt. Bells chimed close by, growing louder, more hypnotic.MoreLess
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