She hit the ground hard, knees bleeding, arms scraped, wings askew. Every bone ached as she got to her feet. She looked at the high cliff perch through the broken…
Their son shuffled his wings, staring down at the floor. He was young for an aetherial and not yet grown into his fire. He looked like a star-dusted human with…
He looked down at hands that were now curled into claws. ‘So that’s it,’ he said dully. ‘I’m a demon now. Just like that.’ He looked up at the sky,…