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Authors: Sarah Gilman
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like they do with snakes. But, I bit her. I was young and I didn’t understand it would kill her.”
Lexine ignited flames and pressed herself against his chest. “Biting when threatened is instinctive. The reaction is especially strong in children. Even in the best of circumstances, humans should never handle demon young.”
He tensed under her hold and took a step back, but she tightened her arms. She refused to let him distance himself, not at this moment. Perhaps no one had held him since his kidnapping, but he was so close to letting his guard down, she could sense it—she felt it in the slight tremor of his arms. If she let him run now, would they ever get to this place again, or would he build his walls even stronger and higher?
He sighed.
He wrapped his arms round her.
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Wings in redemption
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“Just hold still.” He crossed the deck and stopped when their toes nearly touched. He encircled her shoulders with his arms and pulled her close, tucking her head under his chin. Despite her verbal distrust, she melted against his chest and yawned.
He stifled a yawn of his own and stroked her soft hair. Hopefully, if she couldn’t take him on his word that he didn’t want to harm her, he could show her.
It felt shockingly good to have a woman in his arms and it occurred to him that he hadn’t embraced anyone in decades. He’d distanced himself from everyone, even the other archangels. Not deliberately, but the years had gotten long. He’d become jaded. Maybe he had grown too bitter from five centuries of being a target, as Dec had suggested.
“I will not drop you. Okay?” He tilted his head to see her face.
“Okay,” she said, a red flush on her cheeks.
Whew. He slid an arm under her knees.
She gathered her long, dark-blond hair and wrapped it around her fingers, a hesitant smile on her face. Her hands shook, but excitement leaked into her suddenly high-pitched voice. “This can’t be happening.”
He extended his wings to their full twenty-foot span and made a show of fanning his flight feathers.
“Maudit.” Her fingers dug into his shoulders.
He chuckled and stepped to the edge. Centuries had passed since he’d been a little boy learning to fly, since feeling nervous anticipation before take-off. He re-experienced that now, through her wide blue eyes and parted lips. He launched them off the deck. Drop her? Hell, he suspected he’d have trouble putting her down.
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Lexine ignited flames and pressed herself against his chest. “Biting when threatened is instinctive. The reaction is especially strong in children. Even in the best of circumstances, humans should never handle demon young.”
He tensed under her hold and took a step back, but she tightened her arms. She refused to let him distance himself, not at this moment. Perhaps no one had held him since his kidnapping, but he was so close to letting his guard down, she could sense it—she felt it in the slight tremor of his arms. If she let him run now, would they ever get to this place again, or would he build his walls even stronger and higher?
He sighed.
He wrapped his arms round her.
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Wings in redemption
Third Place Winner of PRISM award
“Just hold still.” He crossed the deck and stopped when their toes nearly touched. He encircled her shoulders with his arms and pulled her close, tucking her head under his chin. Despite her verbal distrust, she melted against his chest and yawned.
He stifled a yawn of his own and stroked her soft hair. Hopefully, if she couldn’t take him on his word that he didn’t want to harm her, he could show her.
It felt shockingly good to have a woman in his arms and it occurred to him that he hadn’t embraced anyone in decades. He’d distanced himself from everyone, even the other archangels. Not deliberately, but the years had gotten long. He’d become jaded. Maybe he had grown too bitter from five centuries of being a target, as Dec had suggested.
“I will not drop you. Okay?” He tilted his head to see her face.
“Okay,” she said, a red flush on her cheeks.
Whew. He slid an arm under her knees.
She gathered her long, dark-blond hair and wrapped it around her fingers, a hesitant smile on her face. Her hands shook, but excitement leaked into her suddenly high-pitched voice. “This can’t be happening.”
He extended his wings to their full twenty-foot span and made a show of fanning his flight feathers.
“Maudit.” Her fingers dug into his shoulders.
He chuckled and stepped to the edge. Centuries had passed since he’d been a little boy learning to fly, since feeling nervous anticipation before take-off. He re-experienced that now, through her wide blue eyes and parted lips. He launched them off the deck. Drop her? Hell, he suspected he’d have trouble putting her down.
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