Wind swelled up the tip of the black shirt Kai was in the moment he placed his right foot on the other side of the half-moon arc door.
Hhew.
He exhaled, smiled, and closed his eyes as he bowed to the land. Tiny leaves spun to his face as he slowly cracked his eyes open.
He waved when he saw countless men erupting from the buildings in the land and stopping at the entrance of the courtyard.
A cold arm touched Kai's shoulder, dragging his attention from the men waving back at him.
"Kai," Lena's voice echoed, letting the strands of hair covering the boy's face shift sideways.
Lena smiled the moment she saw the boy's dimmed blue and red eyes. "Let's go."
She placed her left arm on the boy's back and dragged him forward in a genuine pull.
Kai followed without resisting.
A thudding sound erupted as all five people placed their boots on the stairs, one leg at a time, almost as if they had practiced the sky walk.
