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Zhèmson
Shackles of ethèr squeezed my wrists and tightened around my ankles.
Crackling energy anchored me to the marble floors. I seethed. Any
longer, and I’d miss my chance to escape this Alpha-forsaken prison.
Again.
I watched the shifting flecks of iridescence in the vaillë surrounding the
tower. I took a deep breath, calmed my nerves, and stilled. The ethereal veil
stretched in slumber, not a break in its surface.
“Vini viitsi.” Come on.
I looked for a ripple in the veil. A point I could easily penetrate. Streaks
from the three orbiting sòl above danced across the skirts of the vaillë. The
larger of the three drifted, slinking backwards, dulling its light. Dawn was
leaving, making way for the warm, amber glow of dusk to arise.
A flicker in the distance to my left gave me hope. Right above the stables,
microscopic fissures spread in the vaillë. Now was my chance. I charged.
Leaping from my perch on the plush couch, I shot across the baronial
foyer, my wings carrying me through the stone doors. Out in the open air,
dense billows of clouds threatened to suppress me. The moment I crossed the
glade out front, and rushed toward the air over the stables, the ethèr around
the tower squeezed.
“Ase nan tästä.” Enough of this!
I roared against the sting, shooting into my palms and up my arms.
Scorching agony shocked my ankles and pulsed up my calves. I twisted my
torso, wrestling against the weight of the energy choking my ethèr. I flapped
my wings. Pressed against the heaviness. Snarled into the deserted heavens.
But the weight only grew.
Then the tugging began.
“Non ei.”
I summoned my ethèr. A familiar coolness chilled my bones as
enhancement power flooded my bloodstream. Instantly, I grew in strength. In
bodily power. Enough to plow through a squadron of Sky Watchers on alone.
I spread my wings to their full breadth, all six mighty pairs, and fought back.
The membranous feathers clapped like steel, whipping like blades.
Stars spread in the warm canopy of sòl shining above. It looked like middawn, with an overlay of molten embers. Dusk had settled. My time was
running out. I pushed against the pressure of the ethèr, battling to escape.
Flying through the rift over the stables, I took off at full speed.
I had to get to the Sky Ladder.
“Pääsen pois isit la,” I fumed. I will get out of here.
The vaillë shuddered in warning.
I ignored it. This was my last chance.
I had to make it out now, or else I wouldn’t have the strength to attempt
again until the next cycle of the lalin. The eclipsed tri-moons only orbited
once every several wèks. That was too long of a wait.
I flew along the edges of Flower Fields, angling myself towards the exit
of clouds where I’d find the Sky Ladder. I grew breathless, but I kept flying.
Encircling the tower was a moat of impenetrable clouds. Flying past these
billows was dangerous. Deceiving as they were magnificent, they were as
impassable as a legion of Sky Watchers.
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