Chapter 4

The moment I finished speaking, the hall went dead silent.

Cassian was the first to react. An incredulous, almost mocking smile twisted his lips as he slammed his hand on the table and shot to his feet.

He snapped, "Who the hell do you think you are, ordering us..."

But he didn't get to finish.

I glanced at him. In that instant, an overwhelming, invisible force crashed down on him.

Cassian's smile froze, his legs buckled, and with a heavy thud, he dropped to his knees, unable to stop himself.

The obsidian floor beneath him splintered, cracks spreading out inch…