Rubious's Aura flared defensively as understanding crystallized.
'A Domain! I'm inside someone's Domain!
But who? Which awakener would dare attack Kestrel property without warning?!'
He stood and walked quickly to his door, opening it, stepping into the main courtyard.
And… stopped completely, his blood running cold.
Hundreds of people stood perfectly still throughout the compound.
Adults from his branch family. Guards, administrators and awakeners of various ranks.
All frozen in place like statues, their eyes open but unseeing, their bodies unmoving.
Rubious's expertise in mind manipulation let him recognize what he was witnessing immediately.
'Hypnosis! Every single one of them is under hypnotic control. But the scale... the precision... this is beyond anything I've seen.
Who has this level of mental power?!'
Before he could activate his own defensive techniques, his consciousness was yanked forcibly from his body.
