Even hearing the name in this vision of the past sent ripples of unease through Achilles' consciousness.
This was a power that made even these monsters- these Kings of the Virgo Stellar Expanse, speak with careful deference.
King Edmond smiled, the expression transforming his handsome features into something that belonged in nightmares.
With movements as casual as reaching for fruit, he grasped one of the crystalline beings by the arm and twisted, the sound of snapping bone mixing with the creature's musical cries of agony. He brought the severed limb to his mouth and bit down, crystal flesh crunching between his teeth like spun sugar.
"The forces of the Sovereign Void Imperium barely tolerate our existence as it is," he said around his mouthful of sentient crystal, drops of luminescent blood spattering the golden table.
"Let us not give them a reason to wipe us out entirely. Their patience with lesser beings has limits, and I have no desire to test them."
HUUM!
