Like all of the other vampires I’d seen, Lucius also had wings that allowed him to fly. He grabbed the center of my body and sent us both soaring into the air, leaving behind the raging battle between the Order and Taranas’ Horde. Flying was exhilarating. I loved the feel of the wind in my face and hair, but unfortunately it didn’t last, because soon we reached the portal and passed its borders.
It was a strange sensation. One moment, we were flying up toward the sky, but after we passed the portal’s threshold, we found ourselves flying forward. The disorienting change in perspective must have gotten to Lucius, because he immediately fell down like all of the air had been sucked out of the room. But he managed to land us neatly anyway on the empty blackness that was the realm of the Vampi
