She walked a slow circle, carefully avoiding the magical wall. Fool me three times… Snow crunched under her feet as she walked, assessing the sleeping creature before her. It definitely had four legs; that much Parker could see. She could also make out large wings folded on its back; layers upon layers of feathers that occasionally twitched, sending snow cascading to the floor. The beast stretched a little, moving its head enough she caught a glimpse of a male human face. It’s a sphinx!
Parker had never met a sphinx, she'd only heard the stories. Sphinxes were supposed to be brilliant, but cruel, valuing knowledge above all things, including people's lives. Their only weakness was extremely cold temperatures, which supposedly turned them docile.
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