Wings of Starless Night by Sadie Sterling EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Sadie Sterling
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- Genre: Epic Fantasy
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I WAS FALLING, and it seemed to last an eternity.
High above the clouds, the summer sun warmed my skin and the loud rush of
wind filled my ears. Even as I hurtled headfirst towards the ground, each breath
I took was calm, controlled. I had long learned to ignore the queasy sensation
in my gut that urged me to scream.
Twenty heartbeats left.
Loose hair whipping about my face and stinging my cheeks, I fought to keep
my arms locked in place at my sides, thinking only of my descent—that’s the
bliss of falling. Everything in you is fighting to stay alive, and all else is
irrelevant. From far out I was nothing—a nameless speck marring the vast sky.
Fifteen heartbeats.
The only problem with falling is that it ends. It always ends.
One heartbeat.
I opened my eyes to discover I was fast approaching a swath of tall, gnarled
trees. In the same breath, I unfurled my wings and spread them wide. They
caught air and I angled my body so that instead of crashing into the treetops, I
glided over the forest, fingertips skimming emerald leaves.
Grinning, I revelled at the speed. The trees below me blurred as I flew faster,
pretending that I could fly as far as my wings could take me—that I could spend
forever in the sky.
Green stretched as far as the horizon, the ancient Sorcen forest breathing in
the perpetually warm air and exhaling with a rustle of leaves. Birds chirped and
took flight from their nests in a defensive flurry as I passed them. Briefly, a
butterfly joined me as I slowed and sank lower—its green wings so much like
my own.
A bright spot caught my eye in the distance—the glint of a river’s reflection,
or the glistening wings of a songswan—but for one, heart-stopping moment I
thought it was the Sun Palace, even though I knew I was too far away—that
here, I was free.
My calm crumbled, and uneasiness returned to settle like a weight in my
limbs.
No matter how far I flew, or how high, I always had to return. The sun had
begun to sink in the sky anyway; the guards would be searching for me before
long. I hovered in the air for a few more wing-beats, committing the strong,
twisted trees, the blissful, blue sky, the infinity of the horizon, everything, to
memory before flying back to the Skybrush Mountains.
As I neared my destination, I flew slower, the dread consuming me amplified
by every wing-beat. My uncle had been strict lately—to the point where I
wasn’t even allowed to wander the halls on my own. And I had flagrantly defied
his orders, yet again. He would probably double my guard, and prohibit any
further trips outside the palace, even to Suntrul, the thriving village that wound
through the trees where the Sun Palace made its home.
With a sigh, I banished any regret and chose to enjoy my final excursion
outside the palace. It was easy to see more restrictions were coming, regardless
of my latest show of irresponsibility. Day by day, my once-endless freedom was
being torn from me. Having one last flight was worth the consequences.
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