Nights in Black Satin
Chapter One
Swirling and tumbling through the heavens, the angels painted
on the domed ceiling didn't notice the earthbound revelers on
the floor below ... and Sarah didn't notice right away that an
angel had come down. A beautiful man with beating wings
swooped over her head.
Carnival in Venice-there was nothing like it. The party was
packed, and the music pulsed and throbbed. No one seemed to
care that the man was nearly naked. His skin gleamed silver as
he made several passes over the crowd. Then he was lifted back
up toward the dome, where a female acrobat was waiting for
him on a tiny platform, holding a swing. She let go, he caught it
and released himself from the wire that held him at almost the
same moment. Effortlessly, he joined her on the platform, his
body arcing through the air with lightning swiftness.
The woman was winged too, and her lithe, tight body looked
incredibly strong. The man interlaced his fingers with hers and
they balanced, perfectly poised, high above the hundreds of
dancers on the floor. Sarah was surrounded on all sides by costumed
people, some of whom wore very li ... read full excerpt from: Nights in Black Satin ebook
