Nighttime Raid

The night was silent and heavy with tension as Ezra, Olivia, Gen, and Natalia approached the clearing in the woods outside First City.

They were getting closer to the secluded bunker that served as the Maguire coven's hideout.

After their attack on the coven a week back, the coven had gone to ground. It had taken Natalia's resources to track them to their current location.

The bunker was a fortress of reinforced concrete, designed to keep intruders out and its secrets safe. Tonight, it would be breached.

As they neared the entrance, Natalia held a hand and they stopped. Ezra frowned. The woman had taken control of the operation and as she was the most powerful vampire present and a representative of Griffin's authority, Ezra couldn't protest.

"You don't need me for this now, do you?" She asked, raising an elegantly sculpted eyebrow.

"No we don't." Ezra said stepping forward. "We'll take care of this ourselves."