บท 143: Sitting ducks.

The royals were carefully blocked so he could not get to them and yet he was patiently waiting in the tree like any good hunter. If he was here for them, he was here on an impossible mission. 

"Come on, move." She willed the shifter to shake his body even slightly so that she could take him out. The waiting game was exhausting; thirty minutes had already gone by. She was not a soldier anymore; the thrill of the hunt was not as exciting as it used to be. She had served her days of waiting in bushes and darkness to take out the enemy, she would rather be cuddling in front of a fire watching the movie with Muyang.

Her smart watch vibrated and she briefly glanced at it.

"Which tree are you hiding in?" the message from Muyang read.

"How did he figure it out so quickly?" she wondered.