The fairy’s arms wrap around me. Then I’m jerked off my feet and into the sky. He propels the two of us high into the night air. “What do you think your mate desires more—love or life?” he whispers into my ear as my mate charges after us. I struggle against him. Higher and higher, the two of us shoot into the sky. “Why don’t we find out?” Des’s father says. His arms open, and abruptly, I slip from them. I hear Des shout as I pinwheel in the sky.
