Two Alphas. Two Betas. One Mate.
Not even dust was falling anymore.
I lowered my arms slowly, my whole body trembling. The rocks above us—they weren't rocks anymore. They were melting. No, not melting. Breaking down into something finer, lighter. Golden sand poured from the ceiling in slow, impossible streams, catching the dim light like it was made of stars.
I turned to Kael, my mouth hanging open.
His eyes were wide—wider than I'd ever seen them, the green almost swallowed by black. He stared at the sand, then at me, then back at the sand.