The floorboards cracked again, splitting straight through the center of the packhouse. Everyone jumped back as a pulse of dark energy shot up through the room like lightning.
Rafe laughed, low and bitter. “You feel that? That’s just the beginning.”
Dennis barked orders, his voice sharp and steady even as the lights flickered above us. “Get everyone outside! Now!”
Guards rushed to herd people out. The walls creaked, dust falling from the ceiling. I reached for Asher’s hand, but the shock of energy hit again, hard enough to throw me against the wall.
“Trinity!” Asher’s voice cut through the chaos. He was at my side in seconds, helping me up. His touch steadied the wild pulse of my power, but it didn’t calm the tremor that ran through the floor.
Rafe’s eyes glowed faintly, the silver twi
