Rain slicks the cobblestones of Grimspire Alley; steam hisses from a broken pipe. Anton crouches on a rusted fire escape, fingers tracing the cold iron, eyes sharp as shattered glass.
His hood shadows a smirk—just a flicker—before he drops silently into the alley’s gloom.
He sniffs the air: wet brick, ozone… and something sweetly rotten beneath.
“Ah. You left the back door unlocked.”