Under Sadihra's orders, they made a chain of vampires to haul the rock away, passing each chunk down the line where the final guard dropped it in a heap. Cyprus could hear the guards at the end muttering, wanting to know why they'd sent for tools if they were just going to do it themselves, anyway. Though he didn't answer them, he knew the reason. If Sadihra could do it without the tools, without the extra help, then it was just more proof that she was equal to or perhaps even ...