Adara Blessing

I keep my head down. The streets of New Eden City hum with the low drone of en-forcers patrolling the skyline, their sleek black drones scanningevery face, every movement. My coat is pulled tight, my breathsteady. I've learned how to move through the crowd withoutdrawing attention. How to be invisible. A chime echoes through the air-sharp, commanding. Thecrowd around me stops moving as the holo-screens flicker tolife on every building.
The emblem of the Dominion-a silvercircle with a black sun at its center-rotates on the screens. Then, the Supreme Chancellor's voice fills the city."Citizens of New Eden, today is a reminder of our loyalty. Areminder of the price of rebellion."I clench my fists. I don't want to look. I already know what'sabout to happen. In the center of the square, a man kneels. His clothes are torn, his face bloodied, but his eyes-his eyes burn with something.