If You Don’t Want to Go to Sleep, Close Your Eyes: Chapter 4

…The air pushed hard against me as I flew straight up through the thickening clouds. They thundered and shuddered my whole body.  My new wings flapped open as if they had always been there. The ground melted out of sight. Bright light surrounded me. I wished Mother could see this.  I tried to slow down to feel the damp clouds, but a strong wind seized me. I sank. I sank up.

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