With this patient pace, the intruder navigated the sequences of high-level detection. Bit by bit, the distance closed until the figure reached the towering palace gates. Without a single alarm being raised, and without a single guard turning their head, the shadow slipped through the threshold and disappeared into the heart of the sovereign's home.
Osita, his senses locked onto the familiar resonance of his wife's essence, continued his silent trek. His path eventually took him through the central courtyard, the very ground assigned to the three Paragons. Though he registered their formidable presences, he neither slowed his pace nor cast so much as a fleeting glance in their direction.
