Selene the Silver Luna
He kicked downward, his broad arm wrapping tightly around her waist, and pulled her toward the surface.
They broke the water’s edge together, gasping and coughing for air.
"Selene... hold on to me," Kael rasped, his voice weak and ragged.
He towed her toward a low, black-sand shore jutting out from the massive underground cavern. They dragged themselves out of the water, collapsing side-by-side on the smooth, damp glass-sand, their heavy breaths echoing in the vast, subterranean silence.
Selene lay on her back, staring up at the ceiling of the cavern. Thousands of tiny, glowing blue crystals hung from the ancient rock like frozen stars, illuminating a forgotten world beneath the realm of