Once they had gotten into the carriage, their journey through the city sped up.
Not because it was particularly fast or anything though, just because their group was no longer leisurely walking and all other traffic got out of the way of the vehicle.
Marcus noticed a few more checkpoints along the way as they headed deeper into the city.
However, they did not even slow down, and it seemed that all of the guards understood that the carriage was meant for those of a high status.
Of course, Marcus honestly had very little information on the power structure of the city.
All he knew was that it was ruled by a powerful vampire that had taken the title of empress and that Relia was a fairly high-ranking agent working for the city's leader.
