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grin. He bent over and moved the vase of daisies to
the floor, keeping his eyes on her as he said, “You might as well
give up, little one.” A beat … Then he launched over the table and
landed on the couch, the cushions crushed under his weight. Angie
squealed with delight when Jaydenn pulled her down with him and
snarled a kiss into her neck.
    “Do they ever take a break?” Vyn asked
me.
    “I think it’s sweet. After all those years,
they still play.” I smiled at my giggling sister.
    Vyn watched them, while I had other plans. I
crossed one leg over the other, folded my hands on my skirt, and
just as Vyn tipped his cup back for a drink, I reached out and
flicked his ear. He let out a light choke. Tea dribbled off his
chin. He tapped the cup to the table, wiped his mouth with the back
of his hand. And threw a wide grin at me. His wings flittered
between his shoulders as he let out a sneeze, Choo . “Excuse
me,” he said.
    I smiled, winked a look of, Whatcha gonna do
about it, mister scruffy male.
    The game was on.
     
     

CHAPTER 5
     
     
    “Look, over there,” I called through the sky
while eyeing a delicious group of clouds. “Let’s fly through
them.”
    Clouds hung like dollops of whipped cream,
and I just could not get enough of bathing in the luxurious
atmosphere. The mountain air was so fresh and crisp as I fluttered
my wings through the misted puff, at a height where the ground
seemed like a distant memory.
    We were on our way to Boden, the city of
shops and shiny things, and the home of my parents, of course. Vyn,
Jaydenn, Angie and I drifted on thin air under the magnificent sun.
Our bodies soaked it in, our wings shimmering with opal colors on
iridescent feathers. Ecstasy seeped into my very being. I had to be
careful, though, since I’m prone to blacking out from too much
excitement. Vyn had to catch me one day. A month or so ago, while
flying, the excitement bubbled to extreme levels, my face numbed
and everything went dark. Vyn had caught me while I plummeted from
the celestial sky in peaceful slumber.
    Lesson learned.
    Now, Angie and I were flying in pastel
cropped pants and girl-cut T-shirts. Veering right, I pulled up
into a cloud, looked back just before I entered the cotton air to
see Angie breaking off from the boys to follow me. “C’mon,
Angie!”
    In the clouds I rolled, flittered, bathed in
the mist while the wind washed through my hair and poured over my
skin. Sunshine beamed through open spaces, holding colors of a
rainbow like shimmering crystals.
    On a glance, I noticed Angie behind and below
me in a casual drift, picking at her fingernails, the salon on her
mind, I knew, keeping the corner of an eye on me too, just like
always. The boys appeared below, materializing like ghosts pushing
through a fog bank, each wearing slacks and a polo shirt. The
cotton bag that held my purse and shoes dangled from Vyn’s hand.
Jaydenn carried Angie’s bag. Vyn thrust his wings with two long
pushes, caught up to me just as I swiveled my head away.
    “Elle!” Vyn caught my attention.
    Slowing, I drifted above him. Dropped down
and sat on his back, rubbed my hands between his shoulder blades
with a smile. Leaned to his ear and said, “Whatcha need,
gorgeous.”
    Vyn’s hair fluttered against my cheek.
“Jaydenn and I think we should go to the crags.”
    “Why?” I dropped a smooch on his neck.
    “C’mon, Ellie, just a few minutes. I
promise.”
    Yeah, I knew what that meant, his minutes
always turned into more like an hour. But I didn’t want to be
difficult, and the odd angel out. “Okay, fine.” I pulled my bare
feet over his legs, wrapped my arms around his chest and folded my
wings back. “Whattaya waitin’ for then, let’s go!”
    He spun and we hurtled down as I squealed, my
hair trailing straight and legs clamped on like a vice. Air was
pulling out of my lungs and I laughed so hard nothing came out.
Eyes watering, I moved my face out of the wind to catch a breath,
light