His fingers found impossibly small holds in the stonework. His toes gripped minute ledges with the precision of a mountain lizard. What should have been a perilous climb became an elegant dance down the vertical surface.
Tiana gasped against his neck as they descended at a pace that defied human capability. Three stories, two, one—the ground rushed up to meet them.
Ethan absorbed the final impact with bent knees, landing as lightly as if he'd stepped off a curb instead of dropping from a four-story building.
"That was..." Tiana's voice trailed off as Ethan landed, her eyes wide with wonder. "Cool."
Instead of setting her down, Ethan adjusted his grip, keeping her securely on his back. "Hold tight. We're not done yet."
He took off down the street. The world blurred around them as his legs ate up the distance, buildings and people smearing into streaks of color.
