Inferno Unleashed

POV: Seryna.

The heavy automated release levers slam downward with a sharp clank of iron against stone.

The sound cuts through the roar of the arena like a gunshot. Above us, forty thousand spectators surge against the balustrades, stomping their feet in a rhythmic cadence that sends tremors rippling through the blood-crusted sand. They shout for blood, waving wager slips and tipping flagons of