"Hit the absolute lowest register."
Ryan Parker dropped the carbon fiber baton sharply. The downward s***h cut through the dead silence of the Grand Hall.
Eighty classical musicians obeyed the sovereign command instantly. The entire string section dragged their horsehair bows violently across the thickest cello strings.
Chloe slammed her hands down onto the heavy ivory keys of the Steinway grand piano.
It was not a polite classical overture. It was a massive, terrifying wall of pure biological acoustics.
The sound hit the ancient parabolic dome of the stone ceiling. The three hundred year old architecture caught the heavy vibration flawlessly.
The ceiling compressed the raw acoustic energy. It channeled the entire orchestra directly out the chained open doors like a physical cannon b
