“Helena used the same gifts to carve this place as her sister, Silene, used in their home world. But there’s one big difference. One reason why she chose this place for the caves.” She knelt, and rubbed her fingers through the debris she’d left on either side of the cut. Brought it up to Hunt’s face. “Do you recognize it?” Hunt studied the black, glittering dust on her fingers and paled. “That’s black salt.” Bryce nodded slowly. Baxian blew out a breath that sounded suspiciously like Oh fuck. “These caves are made entirely of black salt,” Bryce said. She’d seen it as soon as the ghoul had
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