Chapter 727

• ~~David~~
• Acelina was carrying him. Part of him was surprised it wasn't Caera, but the tiger lady was faster on all fours, and she couldn't carry him in her arms unless she went on two. Another part of him was surprised Acelina had bothered to come back and grab him at all. But those thoughts danced away on the surface of the currents, and while he could look up and see them above his consciousness, some other part of him yelling down at him through the surface of the ocean, David was too deep. They were distant. The ocean was not.
• The forest was open, trees ripped apart, and a path cleared for his demons to run through, and Acelina's hooves sent up black dirt and broken, sharp twigs into the air with each step of her hooves. David looked down from over her shoulder, the huge demoness holding his legs and back in a hug, like he was a child held to her armored chest. Somewhere ahead of her, the others had taken the path and were out of sight. But behind, the flame wings of the rider tore up the ground that trapped him.