I took the steps two at a time, finding Matt already at the top. His hands were working quickly on a small device on the top balcony, its edges glowing orange and I recognized the Monazite colour immediately. The smoke was drifting its way up here and in the distance I could hear Alex still calling for me. We were running out of time and I had to work quickly, it wouldn’t take him long to search the building and find me. “Matt,” I called his name, his attention suddenly coming to me. His hands froze, his eyes glowing bright blue as they met mine. “Please, you have to stop,” I begged of him.
“Of course that’s what you want, your precious boyfriend is down there,” he scowled back at me for only a moment before resuming whatever he was working on. There was no hiding who he was anymore, the
