#PennedPossibilities 905 — Is your MC responsible for anyone other than themselves? How do they feel about this?
Bolt, a day angel with wings, is responsible for nobody except herself, and considering her dangerous life—she flies messages for a mob boss—she would say that's a good thing. However, after the appearance of a rogue interstellar gateway changes her boss' objectives and negates her attempts at living invisibly, she makes friends. Her dozen years of isolation make her crave the novelty beyond her scant good sense such that she finds herself (or rather makes herself) responsible for keeping safe new friends that she's failed to push away, mostly men who value her joyful athleticism as well as her innate integrity. Though she considers it a real bother, she continues putting herself out and accumulating bruises—until she meets an unusual daemonic friend who will value her enough to risk her own freedom to save her.
Okay, it sounds like a jacket blurb for Reluctant Courier (for the Mob)…
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