The campus was quiet under the blanket of night.
Rain had begun drizzling, with drops of water beading along the stone roofs and dripping from the gutters.
The light from the moon was thin, silver, and it gave the dormitory towers a mystical appearance.
Noah stood in the courtyard, hood drawn low, cloak heavy with shadow.
His gaze traced the walls of the second year, male, Gold-tier dorm, checking every ledge and window.
He crouched in the shadows, watching to see if any eyes were on the dorm. There were none.
The guards were preoccupied with keeping people out of the school grounds, and keeping beasts from the woods from making it in.
They didn't put much attention into checking the dorms themselves.
Noah knew exactly which of the windows held his prey. And he wasn't about to stop now.
His shadows kept whispering in his ears, delighted. "Now! Now! Now!"
Noah moved. He quickly scaled the outer wall, minimizing the sound his boots made as they scraped against the stone.
