Nadia was still trembling in the aftermath, her body slick with sweat and the evidence of what had just happened, when she finally lifted her head and looked around the hall.
The scene was pure chaos.
Officials who had been seated with such pomp and authority moments earlier were now huddled under their desks like frightened children, faces pale and eyes wide with terror.
Subordinates crouched behind them, shaking visibly, some whispering frantic prayers or curses under their breath.
People were screaming and shouting for help, voices overlapping in a cacophony of panic.
It was then that Nadia realized the full extent of what she had caused.
A massive earthquake—triggered by the single, uncontrollable moment when she had squirted all over Mika's hand and the chair beneath her.
The power she had tried so desperately to contain had leaked out for only a heartbeat, yet it had been enough to shake the entire continent.
She felt a deep, burning embarrassment flood through her.
