Loving The Enemy Alpha
Moving with supernatural wolf speed, I sprinted across the slick, slippery tiles, launched my body off the edge of the roof into the cold air, and snatched the black bird right out of the sky before landing silently in the tall, wet grass of the outer courtyard.
The raven squawked softly in my tight grip, but I quickly untied the tiny silver message tube strapped tightly to its leg. Breaking the black wax seal, I unrolled the small piece of water-resistant parchment inside, revealing a dense grid of encrypted letters stamped with the official royal cipher of the Nightshade court.
"Let us see what dark secrets you are carrying out of my fortress," I muttered under my breath, sitting down on a