The Last One

by Rachel Howzell Hall

I open my eyes and choose violence.

“Other than Wake quenching his insatiable thirst for power and his insatiable desire to be exalted as the greatest ruler in history?” Jadon asks. “Yeah. Other than that.” “Power,” Jadon says. “Emperor Wake seeks unity and peace.” As we ride through this graveyard, Jadon tells me that Wake believes that uniting all the provinces under one ruler, and absorbing any culture or belief that would create division and conflict, will bring about an age of peace and prosperity. As Supreme Manifest, Wake considers this campaign his divine right.

Hmm... Sounds familiar