Chapter 6 Power Revealed

• The silence in the Imperial Arena was so heavy that I could hear the wind moving through the torn banners.
• Pieces of the shattered Spirit Pillar lay scattered across the sand, glowing with faint purple sparks. Not a single person moved. The local nobles sat frozen in their high boxes, their wine glasses still halfway to their mouths. The guards stood still, gripping their spears so tightly their knuckles had turned white.
• And on the arena floor, every dragon present—dozens of them—remained flat on their bellies, their snouts pressed firmly into the dirt.