But, they, too, froze, witnessing a scene where someone entered and made a hundred people kneel with a single word, carving fear deep into their souls.
Without a word, Malacai took out a gun.
BANG!
He shot one of the men directly in the head, then kicked him off the chair.
Afterward, he took a seat on it, with Nerissa on his lap, looking at him in awe.
She recognized everyone gathered there and remembered the many times she had to make compromises with them.
Never in her wildest thoughts did she imagine they would kneel before her without her first knocking them out.
Malacai then locked gaze with the other people in the room. "Kneel with the others," he commanded.
He then looked at the people behind and beside him, ordering them to move and form a line in front of him.
None dared to speak a single word, even though Malacai didn't order them to stay silent.