Illusions of Power

Author's POV

Heavy footsteps echoed across the dim room as Slade wore a path into the floor, his hands balling into tight fists at his sides. The sheer weight of what was happening pressed down on him, inescapable and suffocating.

Across from him, Sabine sat with rehearsed grace, idly running the tip of one long finger around the rim of her goblet. Not a single hair was out of place, her cool co