Finders-Keepers

The young hunter knew that he had come upon a creature that was special, magical…
Though she tried to keep to the shadows, masking her limp to move as if she were a natural-born ground dweller, he could see the shape of her proud, injured wings tucked tightly against her back in the dark, and marveled at the bright glint of stars in her whirling, green-blue opalescent eyes.