Theora's muscles were starting to cramp as she held onto the window, but at least Berserus had his back turned to her, and Elexei had seen her, so he could probably help. Berserus was holding onto some rail and staring down, probably trying to coordinate what was going on in the rest of the tower, so he wasn't paying an ounce of attention to the window. It was also still windy, and with all the chaos inside, Theora was pretty confident that even his vampire hearing wouldn't pick anything up unless she was really noisy.
She still had to get inside, though, and that window was heavy. While Berserus still paid no attention to where she was, she studied the whole mechanism through the glass and on the sides, but it was locked. When she glanced inside again, however, she realized Elexei kept
