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took a deep breath and held it until the flapping noise of Dreab’s wings ceased. She opened her eyes and looked up at Dreab to find him smiling down at her.
    “You are safe, Sandi Tyler. We are on the ground once more,” Dreab said as he retracted his wings.
    Sandi looked around, noticing they had landed on a large, rocky outcrop on the side of the mountain. She turned her head toward the sound of more flapping wings and watched in awe as Erup landed with ease on the outcrop not far from them. She watched as he retracted his wings until they disappeared from view. Her knees were trembling from her exciting flight, and she was feeling rather unsteady.
    “Does that hurt?” Sandi asked Erup.
    “Does what hurt?” Erup asked.
    “Does it hurt when you fold your wings up and then hide them away?”
    “No. Not at all,” he replied with a smile.
    Erup and Dreab both held out a large palm to her. She took their hands, feeling so small and fragile as their flesh engulfed hers. They were so tall and muscular, and they made her feel feminine for the first time in her life. They led her behind a huge boulder, which was concealing a cave opening in the side of the mountain, then led her down a long, dark tunnel.

Chapter Two

    Sandi was walking blind once they moved away from the entrance to the tunnel. It took a while for her eyes to adjust to the dark after being in the bright sunlight, but she still wasn’t able to see much. She could just make out dark shapes and where the walls of the tunnels were. She couldn’t see the ceiling and wondered how far up the roof of rock was.
    “How do you know where you are going? It’s so dark in here.”
    “We have very good dark vision. We can see almost as good at sundown as we do when it is light,” Erup said.
    “When do we reach your home?”
    “Not much farther. Are you hungry or thirsty, Sandi?” Dreab asked.
    “I could definitely use a drink, but I bet you don’t have any alcohol, do you? What I’d give right now for a shot of whiskey,” Sandi muttered to herself.
    “What is whis-kay?” Erup asked.
    Sandi nearly giggled when Erup had trouble wrapping his tongue around the word.
    “Never mind. Oh, wow. This is absolutely beautiful,” Sandi said as a massive cavern came into view. She stopped and stared around her in awe. The sight of the large cavern took her breath away. There were large stalactites coming down from the ceiling of the cave, as well as stalagmites formed on the cave floor. They sparkled in the surreal, blue-tinted light from glowing gems embedded in the cave walls, floor, and ceiling. There were large rock houses strewn throughout the cavern with holes in the walls for windows. She could hear water running nearby and dripping from the lime pillars. It was a spectacular sight.
    “How many people are in your clan?” Sandi asked as they began to pull her along once more.
    “There are around five thousand to our clan. We have close to four thousand males and just over twelve hundred females. Our female population is diminishing rapidly, and we don’t know why. Most of the younglings born to our females are males,” Dreab stated.
    “Do your males mate with members of your clan, or are they from other clans?” Sandi asked curiously. If they were mating with their own clan members, their genetics would be altered significantly with each child born.
    “No, we would never mate within our own clan. Our males always mate with females from other clans,” Erup replied.
    Sandi stopped with Dreab and Erup as the people of the Reap Clan turned toward them, staring at her intently. Sandi was feeling rather uncomfortable as the people surrounded them. She knew she was dressed way differently than these people were and a lot smaller than them in size, but she didn’t think she looked that different. As her eyes wandered over the gathering crowd, she noticed they all had blond hair and blue eyes. Their features were different, thank goodness, so she would be able