The Broken Alpha
The tone was jarring coming from her soft, cowardly father’s mouth.
“I’ll need my hands,” she retorted.
Efaffion sniffed. “No, you won’t.” He spoke as if she were stupid. “It’s spelled – it’s impossible to fall from. You could climb it with no limbs at all, so long as you came close enough to its base.”
Dubiously, Lily touched the first rung of the ladder with her toe. And, sure enough, a strange sucking sensation pulled at her. Rising above the ground, she felt something – something magic – hold her close, keeping her torso parallel to the ladder as she began to climb.