Bonded To The Alpha God of War
His gaze swept the empty post once… confirming before he lifted his hand.
A single, deliberate gesture.
Now!
The two warriors moved at once.
They reached the gates and went to work with disciplined patience. Thick chains were eased loose, each link wrapped in cloth to smother the whisper of metal. Fingers worked the locks slowly, reverently, as though the gates themselves might wake if rushed. The mechanisms yielded with a muted, soft clink… barely louder than a breath.
Then the doors… They began to part, inch by careful inch. Stone protested in a low, restrained groan, quickly swallowed by the night.