Atlas woke up the next morning with Amethyst cuddled up to him and a dozen small Blood Bats lingering around the room. While lying there, his senses came to life as the inn was surrounded by soldiers.
'They already found us?' he thought, yawning.
Moments later, the phoenix woman woke up with an adorable yawn as she muttered. ''What's going on, handsome?''
''Night Owls are surrounding the inn,'' he revealed. ''Want me to deal with them?''
''Yes, please,'' Amethyst replied before curling up.
Atlas chuckled and set her back to the Otherworld as he summoned his armor and weapons with a thought. Just then, the enemies moved him, forcing him to summon some of the Kenku Assassins.
The crow-like humanoids appeared all around the room as he spoke in a quiet voice. ''We need to break out of here, the empire has us surrounded, but they don't know about you guys, so let's give them a shock.''
