Chapter 99I'm going to die. That was what Mavis was thinking. Any second now, I'll be gone.
Her tears were stripped away by the wind as she fell. She called his name again, sobbing with regret.
Almost there. I'm dead already. The impact will just be a punctuation mark.
Just as she had the thought, she slammed down...and for an instant, thought she'd hit bottom. Thought she'd made the final impact. Closed her eyes in anticipation of oblivion.
But then, she quickly realized she hadn't crashed down at all. She'd hit hard, but she hadn't splattered. Wonder of wonders, she was still breathing and thinking and moving.
Her eyes shot open, and her heart nearly burst with joy when she saw what had happened. Against all hope, she'd been rescued—caught in mid-air. Someone leaping up f
