The Mate I Never Chose
Thorne clung to a secondary strut, his suit tearing as debris rained down.
"Rangga! Help me!" Thorne’s voice was high, desperate, and stripped of its clinical superiority.
Rangga looked at him, his face a mask of cold, agonizing exhaustion. The light in his veins was blinding now, a searing, electric display that illuminated every crack and crevice of the shifting chamber. He could feel the weight of the mountain pressing down—tons of rock, earth, and ancient history—all converging on this single, fragile point of vulnerability.