They had their meeting; Asher, Noris, Waio, and himself. The shade was adequate, but more importantly, they came to an understanding: they needed to leave. Asher wanted to return to The Guild, to beg forgiveness. Noris cautioned against it. Malick would not forgive them. The vampires bickered, until Dismas cut in.
"The destination is not as important as the escape. Let us effect that first, then worry about the rest."
Dismas and Waio crept back to the cottage, leaving the pair to continue their argument in the shrinking shadows. As they moved, Dismas looked to his companion. He knew very little about him, only that he'd been at the citadel, though not as a guard or Executioner. His skin was darker than Dismas', but, from what he understood, his heritage was less straight forward. Born to
