The Dragon's Silent Shadow
Tristan stood on the mahogany table, looking down at the twelve most powerful men in the Free Cities.
He felt ridiculous.
Inside, his heart was hammering a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He was a man with no magic, a prince with no crown, and a bluff that was rapidly running out of steam. If any of these men had the spine to rush him, they would realize he was just a twenty-year-old with a sword and a very dangerous girlfriend.
But they didn't rush him. They shrank back. Because in their eyes, he wasn't Tristan the Exile. He was the Viper. The God-Killer. The man who had walked out of the Sky-Spire’s collapse.