‘BLACK WHERE ARE YOU!’ Terrified by the prospect of losing her wings, Lei put a hand into the web tunnel. It landed on glue. She screamed and pull...d at it. It wouldn’t budge. ‘BLACK HELP ME!’ screamed Lei. Putting all her weight behind the pull, she finally managed to free her hand. Her eyes wide with terror, she clutched it to her chest. If one of her wings caught to that glue there would be no way to free it without tearing it. ‘BLACK!’ Lei forced herself to be silent and listen for the. Stepping back, Harlen let the elf go. The elf seemed to be toppling forward into a fall, but at the last second, changed course and lunged up at Harlen's throat, another blade gleaming in his fist. This one shorter than the sword, belatedly, Harlen realized it was his own knife.The blade gouged deeply into Harlen's arm, and then across his chest in a shallow cut. Harlen dove back across the bed and landed nearly off the foot of the large four-poster. His upper half hung over the side. It all started when I was walking along the street at night. This man in a dark cloak stepped from the dark alleyway asking me to help him. Then another man stepped out of the shadows with a huge sword. He leaped for the man as he flew passed me with speed no human could see. I somehow hit him in the back of the head just as he got passed me. He fell to the ground. I step over his body and picked up his sword and held it to his thought. I asked, "What's your name and what do you want with this. "Don't you love me?" she asked."Sometimes I can't understand you, nor do I understand why you even have to ask that question. Have I ever stopped loving you?" No." I am giving you everything you have ever wanted. For me to be your friend, your best friend, and your freedom from any romantic entanglements I might cause by placing a claim on you. If in five, ten, fifteen years if we find ourselves free, we can explore becoming more. Until that time, I want only the best for you, and your.