The assault began with a single arrow.
Nathan loosed it from the ridge, not at the Reaver, or the operatives, but at a guard tower near the depot's eastern wall. [Death's Homing Compass] guided the shot around a rock outcropping and through the tower's narrow window. The sentry inside collapsed without a sound.
"Signal's sent. Move."
The party descended from the ridge like shadows. Dillon launched skyward on his Storm Striders, Cloudy spiraling beside him. Kuro had already infiltrated—Nathan could feel her presence through the link moving through the depot's outer corridors. Mirko, Shiro, and Garrett took the main approach, their presence deliberately loud, deliberately visible. The Court's operatives would see them coming. That was the point.
"Northern gate!" a grey-robed sentry screamed. "They're at the northern gate!"
