Group jumps fence

  “How tall is that fence?” Jace asked, looking up.

  “About twenty feet,” Twitch said.

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  “Away,” Mira said, pointing her sword and leaping well over the fence. “Away,” she said again when she landed, taking a smaller jump forward before coming to a stop. Twitch sprang as well, wings fluttering, and easily cleared the fence.

  Cole called out the command and enjoyed the rush of soaring up over the fence, including the brief weightlessness at the apex of his flight. With the added elevation, he glimpsed random objects from his world continuing into the distance. A school bus? A long glittery Chinese dragon? A McDonald’s?

  Cole landed with a second little jump to dampen the impact. Jace landed beside him, the coils of his rope slowing his descent.

Chapter 14