Carpe Jugulum
“Water washed over her toes.“Let there be…lightness,” he said. “You’d like to be as light as the air, wouldn’t you, Agnes?”“We—we’ve got broomsticks…” Agnes panted. Her life had just flashed past her eyes and wasn’t it dull? Perdita added.“Useless cumbersome stupid things,” he said. “And they can’t do this—”The walls of the gorge went past in a blur. The castle dropped away. Clouds drenched her. Then they unrolled as a silver-white fleece, under the silent cold light of the moon.Vlad wasn’t besi...de her. Agnes slowed in her rise, flung out her arms to grip what wasn’t there, and began to fall back—He appeared, laughing, and grabbed her around the waist.“—can they?” he said.Agnes couldn’t speak. Her life passing in front of her eyes one way had met it passing in front of her eyes going in the opposite direction, and words would fail her now until she could decide when now was.“And you haven’t seen anything yet,” said Vlad. Wisps of cloud coiled behind them as he raced forward.The clouds vanished under Agnes.MoreLess
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