Chapter 96: Shady Visitor
Dominic lay in his bed that night, exhausted and simply staring at the ceiling, willing sleep to come.
So, when the lights of the Palace kitchens were dimmed by a figure in his window, Dominic was aware enough to know that he was in trouble.
His room was not at ground level, you didn’t just end up blocking his window by accident.
The figure silently climbed through the window as Dominic removed a knife from his storage cube and waited. If it was a thief, he didn’t need to overreact. Killing a forge worker because they tried to steal supplies from his room would cause all sorts of uncomfortable questions with the Nobility and the Palace Guards.
Especially in the middle of a war.
Steel flashed in the dim light from the courtyard lamps, and the silent figure swung downward at Dominic.
Instinctively, he reacted. Not with the knife in his hand, but with an Arcane Blast. The figure’s arm was separated from its body, and an agonized scream echoed in the stone room, which caused lights to go on all over the courtyard, and an alarm bell to start ringing.
The figure turned to flee, but Dominic hurled his knife at its back.
The blade rang off metal, and the sound of guards shouting outside was accompanied by the sound of running feet.