The question was so obnoxious. What did he mean? What did we drink? We drank water, of course!
"Uhm. Water?"
He frowned at us, including Tristan. Seeing the expression on his face, a subtle frown creased Kassie's brows and she stepped forward, leaving Cindy's side and passing inside the pillars that jutted from the ground like enormous spikes. The moment she stepped onto the reddish concrete structure, she stopped dead. Her frown deepened, something shifting behind her eyes.
"Cade! Get out of there now!"
As she yelled, the pillars began to grind and vibrate. The vibration resonated with the ground itself, a deep tremor that ran up through my legs — and the floor immediately tilted, driving me straight toward the depth I had drunk from.
Not just me. Tristan and Nisha too.
I rolled, grabbed a stone slab. The bulge wasn't large enough for my fingers to find purchase. My hand slipped against the worn surface, nails scraping uselessly.
