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I recognize the glint in Edward's eyes and that look on his face. It's the same one he had after he carried me through that portal.
"Don't you dare," I warn him. He stalks me as I take a few steps backwards. I even throw myself on the ground to make it harder for him to grab me, but he still manages.
I find myself flung over his shoulder for the second time in less than a week. All I can do is watch in horror and shriek as he spreads and lifts those might, mottled wings, crouching down to leap as they streak down in a brown and white blur.
"Edward, I'm going to kill you!" The ground gets further and further away with each beat of his wings until I'm stuck clinging to his shoulders like a frightened little kitten.
He just laughs at me.
His arm shifts from the back of my legs to wrap around my waist, dragging me down the front of him. I wrap my legs tightly around him and my arms constrict around his neck.
"I hate you," I tell him grumpily. He pretends to drop me and I screech right in his ear, earning even more laughter.