Return of the Nameless Alpha
Cassian hits the defenseless skylight feet first, heavy boots driving straight through weakened glass and shattering the whole massive dome into a million falling shards that catch the flak light like scattered stars going out one by one.
Wren, the triplets, and both remaining brothers crash down through the wreckage in a thunderous rain of glass, snow, and fine silver dust, landing hard on cold stone floor amid a cavernous throne room built to make anyone standing in it feel small on purpose.
Dozens of elite royal guards scramble into defensive formation around a raised obsidian dais, weapons half drawn, boots scraping stone in the particular chaos of soldiers caught flat-footed by an attac