ALPHA TOPH

The throne room was quiet when I ignored the straight-faced guards outside to throw open the huge double doors and watched as the click of the overhead lights turning on until the whole stretch of glass ceiling was illuminated.

“Playing hide and seek are we?” I tutted, pleased to hear my voice carrying loudly in the table-strewn space.

Nothing. Silence.

I felt a scowl deepen the grooves in my forehead as I sneered, my heart suddenly hammering against, my ribs as I stormed into the space, letting my eyes roam over the jutting pieces of furniture and round tables on the sides before I looked up to my...