505 A Chance (Ch.506)

The world was still slow and still as King Jian folded his wings, allowing gravity do the work,

He dove past Neveah, and then he steadied his flight beneath her, breaking her fall and as Neveah crashed down to his back, the impact jolted her right back to reality.

 A sharp ache spread across Neveah's back, but she could barely register it, not when she was faced with the death gale barely a few inches away from them on either sides.

"It's here...we cannot escape it." Neveah thought in horror.

She had not even intentionally projected her thoughts but it seemed she had done so unconsciously because King Jian's reassuring voice sounded in her mind a moment later.

'I promised to get you to safety and I will. I will never let you get hurt, Veah...trust me.' King Jian vowed.

The solemnity in those words made it impossible for Neveah to doubt them and so she steadied her heart.