Silent Shadow

Alec silently shadowed the white robe as they stalked around the place, circling the black robes, sounding particularly murderous.

The man or woman had started singling out people that they felt were particularly stupid and inane, taking risks that didn't pay off.

It was a far cry from the previous genial-sounding tone that they used to greet the members of their organisation.

They didn't let off the ones that did stupid things but had it pay off, because it was sheer dumb luck – according to them anyway – Alec could see that there were some people that railed under the scolding, trying to school their murderous expressions away with little success, while others ducked their head down and looked contrite.

Most of them, however, were just angry. Since Alec couldn't see their faces, he had to rely on their heartbeats as well as their body language.