"My lord, are you seeing it?!" Ravik's voice sounded from below, reaching Azel who was almost reaching the clouds.
Azel hovered midair, his golden wings spread wide and the crimson sunlight glinting off their radiant feathers.
The wind tugged at his hair, and the black-bone crown on his head glowed.
From this height, Lycas stretched out beneath him like a map.
"Yes, I am!" Azel shouted back, cupping a hand to his mouth.
His voice carried through the vast sky, and Ravik gave a proud nod from the ground below. He noticed that the sky was a lot closer to the ground than on Earth.
The crown of black bones sat neatly on Azel's head.
He ran his fingers along the edge of it… he couldn't get enough of it.
'It does make me look rather handsome,' he admitted with a small grin.
But his smile faded when his eyes drifted to the world below.
From here, the entirety of Lycas was laid bare and what he saw made his chest tighten.
