Taking Flight

She was everything he wanted, and everything he had been promised. A fortune-teller''s prophecy had sent Kelder of Shulara to seek adventure along the Great Highway. He had been ready to give it up, and dismiss the seer as a fraud, when he met Irith. Irith was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She was bright and charming and cheerful. And she had wings.

Kelder tried to earn Irith''s love an...