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The rain had lessened into a light drizzle that weighed down my clothing and invaded every layer of my skin, even though I squatted against the protection of the looming stone structure.
Beside me, Sean peered out toward the dark. Neither of us spoke. Focus always came easier with a clear mind. I only hoped the vampires wouldn’t be expecting the numbers we’d brought—because optimism had to be in my thoughts somewhere.
A few metres to our right, back and forth mumbles mingled with the wind, as Samuel filled in Odder—another from the battleground—and his Alpha as to what he’d witnessed while inside, and on the difficulties of killing vampires.
The rest of each team had disappeared into a shadowed alcove to prepare for infiltration, and after waiting for almost ten minutes—during which
