It turned out a couple of hours considering that the sun had opted down. Meric was now watching the tiny outpost where the five soldiers assigned to the town were stationed. The lights had just gone out inside and only two of the soldiers were awake.
The 2 soldiers were slowly patrolling the village streets, their torches making them an easy task to spot and track. It had been close to the far edge of these patrol route that Meric was looking forward to them with her bow. Here it had been unlikely that the other soldiers could hear any cries for help they made.
She attacked. The surprise of her attack and the swiftness of it had given them almost no time to react, so her concern about them raising an alarm have been unwarranted.
Now with both patrolling soldiers gone, Meric had finished
