Rudith's words, faint as they were through the layers of stone and branching tunnels, never reached Rohan and Elane directly.
Rather, they continued their hunt completely unaware that Sarah had already pieced together that something was happening.
To them, everything was going as smoothly as it could be.
Too smoothly, perhaps — but in the middle of a good ambush, neither of them were in the habit of complaining about fortune finally falling in their favour.
The next tunnel gave them exactly what they'd hoped for.
Another pair of Awakened.
This time the two hired Awakened were facing away from them once again, and Rohan and Elane approached silently while they listened to the two of them quietly argue.
"Man, should we be pushing this deep with just the two of us? I'm starting to get creeped out…"
"You're telling me… this place gives me the heebie jeebies…"
