Orion’s POV:

The silence in the courtyard was thick and entirely suffocating.

It stayed that way for a couple of minutes as everyone tried to process what they had just heard.

Until it cracked,

One of the lieutenants, Fae, could no longer keep silent. He took a deep breath, gathered his courage and did something he usually never did, but this wasn’t a usual time, nor was contacting the council a usual occurrence.

“T-The council?” Try as he could, he still wasn’t able to stop his words from coming out in a stutter, his voice itself carried both awe and fear at the mention of that name.

But no one...