Midnight Sanctuary

Thalia

Walking past the outer perimeter posts drew nothing more than a brief nod from the sentries on duty, men who had long since grown used to my late-night walks whenever sleep refused to come.

Ironically, Kaelen’s heavy-handed caution worked to my advantage tonight. Relying on the compound's outer defenses and my own ability to handle myself in a fight, he had stopped assigning shadows to fo