<span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#bfbfbf">Analee was not ready to be advanced on. No sooner had she arrived in a very unquiet fashion, Karas was upon her. Her blue eyes widened in surprise as she was grabbed and pinned into the wall. She felt her back press into it as rain droplets ran down her face, dripping from her nose, to lip and off her chin.  "Kar-" She breathed before realizing her error. She had risked herself..him, being careless and not thinking. That certainly wasn't her.<br/>
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She took in a quiet breath. In a rush for what? It was dark and damn well wet enough out that patrol could be out, but she doubted that. Her eyes narrowed. She knew no one was around, the only one was dead now. She didn't talk back, kept quiet, her sharp tongue would only delay their escape. It really was happening...<br/>
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She could tell by his tone, his grip, the way he looked at her that he was angry, but Analee did not shrink away. She stood staring right back, unable above it all to feel how close he was. An impish thought of closing that distance there and now, tasting his lips crossed her mind for a moment, which in turn made her lips curl just a tad in an amused look. It may have even looked like she wasn't taking what he said seriously...thought it was funny. But it was just the lingering thought.<br/>
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<i>"careful of my back. Oh and do not look at my horns."</i><br/>
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Analee gave a nod. She understood. His softer tone was almost like a caress on her and she let out a slow breath. See, he couldn't stay angry to long...<br/>
Her shoulders gave a small shrug, a slow roll back as they were released and his hands traveled down her arms. The pressure was far lighter and she felt it subtly along the leathers covering her arms, shielding her from the rain, the feel of what it really felt like for that slow touch. She almost cursed herself for wearing those leathers. <i>Almost.</i><br/>
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He was now squatting before her, back towards her.<br/>
Karas was serious. <i>As one. </i>She almost felt like a child...having to be carried. No, this was for the best. Without another delay in thought, Analee reached up, her fingers brushed along the back of his neck slowly as she brushed his wet off to the side, she wouldn't want to unnecessarily tug on it now, would she? A small smirk at the idea. Carefully she climbed onto his back, it was hard not to touch his wounds and the hiss she heard caused a quiet whispered "sorry" to come from her wet lips. The leap took her by surprise and her body pressed closer as she held onto him, her head turned, staring to where they had been before around, making sure they were the only ones out.<br/>
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The light of electricity was bright! Even if she wasn't watching, she could see it from the corner of her eye.<br/>
Was she even safe that close to him. It crackled and sizzled and she could feel it tingling against her skin.  They were getting away...he was doing something that didn't require her to be here, Karas could have easily left without her. She found herself pressing a little closer before she felt an odd sensation at her chest from his back. Just as she gave way wings brushed out, it almost tickled her...but that was a feeling Analee didn't really know. So the tickling sensation was more of a odd feeling that she didn't know how to react to.<br/>
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She stared out at the bat-like wings. Jet black and the ran seemed to run off them like it was nothing. Watching his wings gave her an itch in her own back, where her own wings laid at rest. He seemed to be keeping them safe from the lightening, he blended in far better than her lighter wings would. All she could do was keep watch in the dark of the night as they got further and further away from the place she had lived for a good number of years.<br/>
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 The further they got, the more free Analee felt. That hellish domain was getting smaller and smaller, a dot on a map. She was free! She couldn't help throwing her hands up in the air, her thighs pressed against his sides as she let her body lean back, feeling the rush of air. Her own wings suddenly sprouted like a flower in bloom. Her legs kicked out and she used that momentum to slid from his grasp, a bubble of a laugh. The fear of lightening seemed to escape her as she flipped back into the sky before her wings gave a strong flutter. She soared past Karas, rolling in the windy sky, the rain beating down on her, but the look on her face was utter bliss. <br/>
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As the end of her wings flapped, they brushed his before she dove back, almost barreling in the sky. It was a closer clap of thunder that spooked her and her body soared off to the side. By now they had put a distance between them and the place that would never be called a home, Analee's form dipped lower and lower, almost brushing treetops. She found the smallest of clearings and landed, a gust from her wings pressing the grass down as they tucked against her back after a moment. Her pulse was hammering, her blood rushing through her as she tilted her head back and let the rain fall down on her without for once a care in the world.<br/>
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Her blue eyed opened. It was all thanks to Karas.<br/>
He in truth...had freed her. </span></span></span><br/>