The Moon's Dark Embrace
I hazard fluttering my wings once more, but the effort is strongly, about sufficient to take off me winded.
Come on, damn it!
I fold them again—once, twice, three times—and that’s when one of the feathered members catches on one of the free rocks around me. My stomach dives as it comes free some time recently clattering down the incline, apparently hitting each accessible surface on its way down. The sound carries up here, and I solidify in freeze, a dot of sweat rolling down the back of my neck.
“Did you listen that?” comes one of the voices. “Sounded like movement.”