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Halt stood and peered into the forest that surrounded the forest, he saw a small spark and then what looked like a bonfire erupted. He knew it was a trap and he couldn't help the devious look that gleamed in his eyes. He took one look around the fire that he occupied and was pleased to see that most Rangers had curled up without their cloaks and fallen asleep. The others whispered to each other and looked up at the clear sky, Halt figured they wouldn't notice if he disappeared for a few minutes.
He quickly surveyed the empty Gathering Grounds and saw that the fire was set up a few meters into the forest almost directly across from his tent. He considered the situation and decided that the Rangers would come into the clearing a few meters down the tree line from the fire where the shadows and darkness were darkest. Halt set down his coffee and pulled his cowl over his head before grabbing his bow and starting towards the tent. He dropped to the ground in the long grass and started towards the tent, making sure that his movements matched the light breeze and shifting moonlight.
In a minute or so he was crouched behind his tent with an arrow knocked to his bow waiting for the Ranger to come out. Halt counted the number of Rangers who had remembered their cloaks, there were only three and he knew that two had been captured. That left Crowley who he knew would make a gang with Gilan and Will. Halt shrugged, eventually they would all be captured and he would be the winner.
Halt crouched behind his tent for a few minutes before a movement caught his eye. He went to shoot his arrow when a large flare from the bonfire distracted him, and he knew instinctively that the flare had been on purpose. An attempt to distract him that had worked. He sighed, only three people could annoy him this much.
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