BOOM!
The double doors exploded inward, crashing against the marble walls.
Inside was a council in session. Low murmurs. Politics in motion.
And as the duo expected, there was no Cassim to be found.
How unfortunate...
Whoosh!
Two burning heads flew and rolled to a stop at the center of the polished floor.
Everything stopped at that sight.
Silence took the room hostage.
Gasps resounded.
Swords were half-drawn.
Young advisors retched into their goblets.
One guard shouted—
"WHO DARES—"
And then he was cut in two.
No one saw the blade.
No one heard it.
They just saw two halves of a man slide apart.
Malik stepped into the light, and suddenly, the entire hall felt colder, even with the fire or perhaps because of it.
Guards began to surround him, still silent, too shocked and terrified to speak.
But before they could form a proper circle around him.
Boom!
The two heads exploded, splattering bone and blood, killing all that was around them.
