*Val*

I’d been out at the main checkpoint of our territory for hours already. The men had gone over every second of last night's patrol with me numerous times. No one noticed any odd scents or movements during the feast. It wasn’t until morning that they discovered anything was off.

We’d doubled the patrol since one of the guards was injured, so there shouldn’t have been any gaps in security and no way for someone to sneak anywhere near our land.

I ...