This is the second book in the Assassins at Dusk series by _Sibyline_, read Assassins at Dusk before reading this one!
THERE ARE SPOILERS FOR ASSASSINS AT DUSK IN THIS BOOK, IM WARNING YOU.
You. Have. Been. Warned.
This story has very little smut, m...
Unedited. Like super unedited. ~ Sophie smacked away Eira's hand as she struggled to scramble out of her boat. Their small boat was docked on the hidden side of the bay, a short walk away from the far side of Renisanca, where the guildhall resided. Eira and Sophie draped shadows over their boat to sneak past the barricade of Neverseen ships. Now, all they had to do was grab the artifacts and get out.
"Do not fall, my savior!" A voice hissed from the water. Sophie spun to stare at the sirens surrounding the boat, trying to hold it steady for her. A siren with black hair poked her head out of the water, her sharp ears dripping down her pale face. Her eyes were dark and empty, but had a certain shine to them that made her seem almost... cute?
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(By Poitbuts on DeviantArt) "What are you doing here?" She snapped at them.
"We saw the savior sneaking away in the middle of the night while residing in our caves beneath the island. We followed to make sure you remained safe!" One of them explained, their sharpened and filed teeth gleaming in the moonlight.
"Send them away! We cannot have anyone risking getting in our way!"
"We would never get in the way of our savior, you witch!" One of the sirens snapped, launching from the water to claw a few inches from Eira's face.
Eira huffed with anger, blueish shadows dripping from her fingertips, "How dare you-"
"Hurt them, Eira? And I will feed you to them myself." Sophie hissed. Eira growled, but the shadows slithered back into her fingertips.
"Just... wait here. Protect our boat. We will be back soon."
"Should we tell the Savior Maha of your whereabouts?"
"No." Eira snapped, crossing her arms and turning to Sophie, "You agreed. We do this alone."
Sophie ground her teeth, but she nodded to the sirens, "Just for now, stay here please."
The sirens slunk into the water, glaring viciously at Eira until they disappeared entirely.
"They call you their savior? A bit egotistical if you ask me." Eira scoffed.
"I didn't ask them to call me that, they just started to after Maha removed the Mirthless influence over their minds."
Eira's face contorted, "She can do that?"
"Mirthless infused people have high iron and calcium in their blood since the Mirthless are made out of shadows, metal, and broken bones. If Maha removes the high iron in their blood from their body, they have a small chance of regaining their own free will. Their bodies will never return to normal, and their brains will always slightly be cracked. That is how Maha explained it to me, at least." Sophie explained, fully hitching their boat to a nearby tree before waving Eira to follow. They walked through the Inalian jungle in Silence, Sophie knowing this area like the back of her hand. The Inalian jungle wasn't as thick as the Carianan jungle nor as humid. The trees were more spattered about, the dirt beneath them sometimes covered in long grass and wildflowers or completely barren besides twigs and the prints of the many animals stalking the forest.
