Summer Fairy Vampire
Let them watch you stumble.
Down in the courtyard, the guard by the eastern archway let out a loud, sloppy belly laugh, leaning heavily against the stone wall as if the ale had finally settled in his knees. To anyone watching from the treeline, he was useless. In the link, his response came back cold and sharp. Acknowledged, High Alpha. The archers at the gatehouse are in position behind the tapestry.
Good, Dustin answered, his thumb resuming its slow, steady stroke against my ribs, masking the cold fury in his blood. At forty minutes, cut the torches at the northern wall and draw the heavy bolts. The trap snaps closed in forty-five. No rogue leaves that pass alive.