Found you!

The moon hung high in the sky as Alex carefully crept through across the tree branch he was leaning on. His senses were sharp and his body tense. 

Alex had stopped making any sudden moves when he spotted some movements in the trees far away. Then, he heard it — a rustling in the trees ahead of him, followed by a low growl.

Alex's eyes darted in the direction the sound came from, and he finally caught sight of them for the first time: a pair of monkey-like beasts, their eyes glowing with malice. They were perched in the branches, staring each other down like they had a blood feud.

'Found you!'

He celebrated mentally at finally finding the beasts before the Count could, and watched on carefully.

Alex moved little by little, ever so slightly until he reached a tree that gave him a better view of whatever was going on.