Fantine

The room was completely still while Riley slept on the bed beside me, his breathing steady and quiet after using so much of his alpha heat to save his uncle, but as I sat up on the edge of the mattress to lace my boots, a small clicking sound came from the gravel courtyard right outside the window. I pulled my twin daggers from my belt and stepped across the floorboards without making a sound, opening the wooden door just enough to slide out into the hallway before heading down the back stairs to check the courtyard fence line.

"Where are you going in such a hurry with that...