BLOOD BOUND
"After that, adjust to it. We're all in this together.
They discussed the dangers, the need, and the terror late into the night. Marcus was a formidable werewolf-witch hybrid who was not as well-known as Aurora. He knew what it meant to be extraordinary without being symbolic.
He answered, "I am unable to accompany you into the fortress." "Stefan's strategy is only effective for you. But I'll be outside, ready. If things go wrong, if you need extraction, I'm there."
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me. Just come back alive."