Rise Of The Silver Wolf
The thought of them turning their attention to my unconscious mother or sister, or further torturing my father, spurred my urgency.
And the voice laughed. It was a rich, powerful sound, a silent, internal booming that resonated through my bones. It was a sound I had forgotten how to do in this mess. It was the laugh of absolute power, but not cruel; it was filled with genuine, almost reckless amusement. The sound momentarily lifted the suffocating gloom of the chamber, a startling burst of defiant joy in the face of death.
Bab Populer