C352 A VOICE FOR THE UNHEARD

"Do you hear that? It is the sound of a thousand years of silence breaking," Damon said, his voice low and gravelly. He stood at the edge of the palace steps, looking down at the sea of mortals filling the square. He didn't look at the guards or the burning farms in the distance. He looked only at the people who had survived the long night.

Aria stepped up beside him, her shoulder brushing his