Marcus stood there staring at the Shard like he couldn't believe what he was seeing and his face had gone from curious to completely shocked in about two seconds and he said "That's really it? The actual Lunar Obsidian Shard?"

"Yeah that's it," Jax said and I was holding the bag tight against my chest because even though Marcus was our ally I still felt nervous showing him something this powerful and dangerous.

Marcus walked closer slow like he was afraid it might explode or something and said ...