Suspicious Witch Activity

Rideten, Present Time

Daylight was not the right time to go sneaking into the Van Helsings' stronghold. The sleepy night shift was replaced by alert and attentive guards, and the footpath and street were busy with pedestrians and soldiers. Talen led his mates on a slow loop around the premises anyway, mentally marking where they would make their approach from, when it was dark again, before turning towards Stella’s house.

He was relieved that Morgana was more open-minded about Stella. He wished that Sigrid was there. Sigrid knew the witch priestess better than he did. Whatever the witch was up to, he was certain that her agenda was entirely her own, and that Morgana was a tool that she was using rather than altruistically helping.

Stella had been playing puppeteer in Morgana’s life for five years. He wondered just how far her plans went, and what the witch sought as an outcome. Was she like August, using the war to position herself into power and influence?

Heath had relayed the conve