Despite traveling by little more than lantern light in the thickening fog, the luxurious carriage moved swiftly through the night. The team of horses was exceptionally well trained, and Marcel was more at home in darkness than most people were in daylight.
More than that, the vampire expanded his Cloak of Darkness to encompass the team of horses, granting them the same vision in darkness that he enjoyed as a result of Nyrielle's gift. In the darkness of a moonless night, not even Thane could have driven at the speed with which the carriage under Marcel's control moved, and they would reach the ancient fortress with at least an hour to spare before sunrise.
