Searing pain shoots through my shoulder. My arm nearly torn from its socket as I’m whipped higher into the dark, the earth dropping away beneath me. I claw at the netting with my free hand, finding purchase near the creature’s feathered mane. Gritting my teeth, I pull myself up, inch by inch, until I’m straddling its back. Wind whips at my face as the w…
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