“I suggest you save your outrage for a time when it won’t get you killed, man. Now kneel.” Voltaire hissed through clenched teeth and dropped to one knee.
Her arm still hooked through Voltaire’s, Aurora had no choice but to do the same, but she kept her head high, gazing from one seated ruler to the other, waiting for the king, or whatever title he gives himself, to finally speak. However, it was the woman who raised her sceptre, topped with a pearl the size of which Aurora had never seen.
“Welcome to the city of Atlantis. While you are here, you will be under the protection of myself and my consort, Princeps Maximus Sa-Ra. I am the Nisut-bity Tullia Maat-hor, ruler of Atlantis. Welcome to my city; you may rise and gaze upon us.”