I lifted my hand, and he fell to his knees. His head snapped up, panic bleeding into his gaze, and I knew that he had never truly feared before this moment. Because he had never believed I could break him. But I reached inside myself for that power, for the bond he had forged between himself and the vessel of Marmoris. The one that had made him a god. I could see it now. The magic wrapped around him like a leash. A chain. I tightened my fist, wrapping my hand around it, and I tugged.
