Alpha Orion
Rey swallowed hard, then forced her legs to move, pulling him along faster.
"It's okay, Beau, don't be afraid," she murmured as they rounded a sharp turn.
But the world beneath them crumbled.
The stone floor split, the ground giving way with a deafening crack. Rey barely had time to scream before gravity wrenched them down, dragging them into the abyss.
The air whipped past, Beau's cry piercing her ears. But even as they plummeted hundreds of feet, she refused to let go of his hand.
Her lungs seized as the cold sea swallowed them whole, the salt biting her tongue, water forcing itself into her throat. Darkness engulfed them, the roar of the ocean deafening as she fought for breath that wasn'