All of a sudden, the dragon banked hard and Raizen's stomach tried to leave through his throat.
The world tilted - trunks swinging from vertical to horizontal, the glowing clouds rotating overhead, the amber lanterns of Ukai streaking past in blurred lines as the four-winged creature carved a turn through the upper canopy that would have torn a normal aircraft apart. Raizen's arms tightened around Elin's waist, his face pressed against her back, every muscle in his body dedicated to the single task of not falling off something moving at a speed his brain refused to calculate.
