Eyrx stared at her.
Thalina stared at him.
Eyrx's cold-silver eyes dropped to the gauntlet in her hands, a flicker of cold calculation flashing across his face.
Thalina, feeling the sudden shift in air pressure around him, quickly stared at the gauntlet too. Then at him again. Then back at the gauntlet.
What is going on inside that frosty brain of his? she wondered, swallowing nervously. Please don't blast me into the next dimension...
Without a word, Eyrx extended his hand.
There was no hesitation, no questioning glance, just a silent command: Give it to me.
Thalina's fingers brushed his, the briefest touch of heat against ice, before she released the gauntlet into his palm.
The moment Eyrx's fingers curled around it—
"EEEEEKKKKK!!!"
Five rare beasts screamed in unison.
