Chapter 115

"Your father had the same look on his face when he saw my pet. That's when he was deciding to jump from the cliff." Brina, legs crossed, told Brielle. She combed the bird's feathers with her fingers, then clutched some of it when the massive creature they were riding began to tilt. "She's anxious that you landed on her back so hard. Hold on!"

A confused Brielle scrambled to grab whatever she could. Her insides looped alongside the bird's dive. It lasted only a second before they...