the building we were now leaving. Because this was when I started to understand that the main building I had first entered, had been nothing more than a colossal tower of stairs and an impressive throne room beyond. It almost acted like the lobby and was a way for you to get access to all the different sections of the castle. Doing so as we did now by the walkways that connected each of the surrounding buildings to the staircase we just came from.
Meaning that this was where I found myself now, walking towards one of those buildings. Only one look down and it was enough to make even the bravest being gulp. I didn’t know how high up we were but seeing as it was the highest of the bridges then I couldn’t help it when my legs turned to jelly. Especially when the bridge started to turn from the white marble stone that the inside of the staircase had been cut from, to a black ominous glass that wasn’t quite opaque enough to see through.
The sight below was enough to turn my stomach and it didn’t help that although fully encased from all sides and above, the cracks weren’t exactly making the seven hundred foot drop any easier to cross. It looked like a giant hollowed out shard of black crystal, and the cracks that marred the carved walkway looked like lightning bolts had struck it and branded the glass. I almost expected to hear the pop, grinding, or thunder-like boom you would when ice starts to crack beneath your feet.
This was why I was suddenly frozen to the spot, unable to go any further. This was also why Lucius suddenly felt resistance on the leash as I pulled my weight back after first saving my neck the pain of doing so by holding onto the ring around my throat. Lucius looked behind him and I could see the scowl on his face as he was about to snap at me but then something shifted in his hard gaze when he took in my obvious fear.
“I…I can’t.” I told him with wide eyes, ones pleading and begging for even a shred of humanity and kindness. One that eventually came in the form of a growl of annoyance, before he stalked back to me and just before he looked about ready to throw me over his shoulder, I put my hands out in front of me to stop him,
“If you do that, you will kill me!” I shouted in panic as I nodded to his spiked armour that would have made me into an Amelia flavoured shish kebab! He rolled his eyes, and said,
“I am not of simple mind, human.” Then to prove this, his armour on one side started to seep back down his chest, adding to the plating there and now leaving one shoulder bare.
“Oh…Ah!” Was my lame reply and one that ended on a shriek when I found myself in the air and being lifted with both hands on my waist as I was literally thrown over his shoulder. Gods, he was so strong he didn’t even bother bending into the action. But then, this caused its own problems as it not only left my head hanging down his back, in between the middle of his wings but it also ended up putting me closer to the sight of my fear. Naturally, I screamed, taking in that of my terrified reflection and the sight beyond it that caused that terror to build. I quickly tried to scramble my way up his back, using whatever I could get hold of, which ended up being the folds of his wings and the bones that connected the leathery skin between.
“Be still!” he snapped angrily.
“AHH!” I shouted ignoring him and still squirming in his hold as I managed to pull myself up. I did this by hooking my arm around one of the massive horns that his wings were connected to at his shoulders, using the crook of my elbow to keep me anchored there so I was upright. I heard another growl of annoyance before he gave in and shifted me, letting me slide down the front of him. But then before my feet touched the floor, he swept them up so he was now carrying me in his arms.
“Oh Gods, thank you,” I muttered making him huff before telling me,
“Fucking Gods had nothing to do with it, for they don’t carry the burden of you!” This was snapped