Page 68 of Harbinger

Never to me.

In this moment, we weren’t standing on the periphery.

No one else mattered. Nothing else did.

In this moment together, we belonged.

With each other.

Two powerhouses soaring above the rooftops and even the age-old trees lining the Maven Academy grounds.

There was just us, just this moment of utter exaltation between us.

Her shrill cries of excitement and breathless giggles echoed through the night as she wove in and out of the trees as I chased her.

She spun in the air, executing impressive somersaults and using her wings to their fullest as she managed to evade me, somebody so skilled and unmatched in my flight abilities and skills.

It was wondrous and amazingly intense.

A thrill unlike any other.

And I was living for every second of it.

With a surge of speed and power, I reached her.

I was just an inch from touching her, when she spun and threw out her hands, a glowing silver film erupting between us, and she grinned as it kept me at bay.

I puffed out some smoke at her, forming a word, because it was the only way to communicate without her understanding dragon tongue, aside from mind-linking, which was too early to attempt with her.

Cheater.

She chuckled as she read the smoky word I’d created.

Then she surprised me as she drew something in the air with her magic. It wasn’t a word, but at picture.

Her on my back with a question mark beside it.

I puffed out some more smoke.

With pleasure, goddess.

I could feel the excitement thrumming through her then. She dropped her magic and I dipped my head for her, and she flew closer until she had a hold on my shoulder, then used it to settle on my back.

The feel of her on me, especially in dragon form… it was exquisitely overwhelming.

She held on, grasping my scales, as I soared up into the dark clouds, taking us higher and higher until the air noticeably thinned.

We were so far above that the Academy was barely a flicker of light and form beneath us.

So far away from all of them, from the world back down there.

It was still and wonderful and fucking perfect.

Freeing and invigorating.

I felt her clutch me tightly to her as she took it all in and breathed it down, just like I was.

She relaxed fully on me, then curled up on my back and nuzzled against me, taking the comfort that she obviously needed for whatever had gotten her down when I’d first come to her earlier on the rooftop.

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