Seven Wonders by Adam Christopher - Sample Chapters

but it heals, maybe a little slower than it used to. Not sure how much damage I can take. Strength is nearly all there I think. Transference gone.”

Blackbird swore and the Cowl looked into her round, expressionless goggles. She dropped to one knee, leather catsuit creaking, so her beak was almost touching the masked triangle of the Cowl’s nose.

“Transference? But you got into the bank as planned… How did you get back here? You didn’t… ?”

“Walk?” He cut her off, then nodded and almost laughed. “Yes, I walked. It’s a long way from the bay.” The Cowl took Blackbird’s delicate, thin hands, and curled his fingers through hers as best he could.

His reinforced gauntlets were almost as thick as welding gloves and his left hand was wrapped tightly in a string of black rosary beads. Blackbird’s fingers pressed sharply against them. He must have had a rough time if he’d got those out. She didn’t understand it herself, but then there was nothing wrong with clinging to a comfort blanket, no matter what form it took. She preferred hers in a small glass with ice.

“You walked?”

“I can’t fly anymore.”

“Can’t fly?”

“Nope.” The Cowl looked up into the invisible dark of the cavern ceiling, as if he were replaying events in his mind. “When I came to we were well on the way to orbit. Up, up, and away! I get the feel-