Just like Leo left, he came back with Lucian's levitating serpent familiar. The creature's scales glinted under the moonlight. Its body moved through the air with the grace of water flowing down a waterfall.
Normally, it was against the law for anyone to be spotted roaming around in the middle of the night like this.
The working time for public places was from dusk till dawn—from sunrise till sunset. The markets were busy during daylight hours, shops filled with patronizing customers, and the streets teemed with children playing their games of chase and merchants hawking their wares.
The city is vibrant and filled with energy, but as the golden disk of the sun began its descent behind the western mountains, the mood shifted instantaneously.
At sunset, everyone is expected to be tidying up and planning to go home. Shop owners would count their day's earnings, tavern keepers would settle tabs, and parents would call their children in for dinner.
