Zach was awoken by Nora gently shaking his shoulder. Before he could ask what was going on, he saw the finger over her lips, asking him to be quiet. He nodded. Nora pointed at Yan, Lasho, and Garad standing at the door to his room. Technically, they were standing at the doorway. The door had been used as a makeshift bed for the injured soldiers.
Zach's maids followed him soundlessly as he followed Yan and the others out of their house under the cover of darkness. Along the way, Yan managed to gesture that the barbarians were attacking. Zach had already figured as much. What he couldn't understand was why they needed to be so quiet.
However, he soon got his answer when a door creaked open on the other side of the street and was immediately pierced by three arrows. Fortunately, there was no one standing there. The resident of that house was aware of the creaking of his hinges and had gently shown it open before slinking out through the back and sneaking around.
