Knai may have underestimated this tempest. The sound of steady rain hit his ears long before they reached the top of the steps, but what truly sent a shiver down his spine was the wind. It sounded like it was tearing the whole town apart up there. He couldn't even take any pleasure in the contact when his potential lover pulled him close.
Somewhere above them, a wooden beam creaked out a terrible sound, one had Knai grabbing at Amal even tighter. "What was th—"
The wind slammed the door into them. The man took the blow, and they both tumbled backward, into the open air, down the dark stairwell. Knai screamed, but his breath caught when the sickening fall became a slow descent. They alighted on the floor, Knai laying on top of the man who might have just saved him from a broken neck.
The whole tower shook to the foundations. In pitch blackness now, Knai cried out again and covered his head with his arms as rubble thudded to the ground all about them. The tower collapsed, then settled, stone shifting and falling until the only sound reaching Knai's ears was the distant, muffled roar of the storm.
Panting, shaking, Knai scrabbled at the man beneath him, but this time in panic instead of lust. "Are you there? Are you all right?!"
