Chapter 525: Chrome Gate
…Northern Region of the Ebon Realm… Hoarfrost Bay…
In the early hours of the morning, the Lazy Lady sailed out from the Bay’s mystical fog. Its mind-inducing properties had left the crew addled and paranoid, save for the three who had been shielded behind a small red dome of ward sigils. Callum, Lysaila, and Kithina walked around the ship, untying the ropes on every sailor who had strapped themselves to the boat.
Happy to be out from their ropes and the cursed fog the sailors were oddly quiet. Callum didn’t blame them. The things he had seen in the fog had left him shaken and none too eager to share.
“First the fog and then the sirens. The gods must really not like you and your friends, hybrid,” noted Captain Greyson.
Callum glanced up at the vampire. His scarlet eyes were sunken and the scraggly beard seemed more rugged than usual. Whatever he had seen in the fog and what songs the sirens had lulled his mind had been worse than he’d ever admit.
“Thank you, for bringing us this deep into the Bay,” Callum said sincerely. “I know most sailors wouldn’t dare.”
The captain blinked and cleared his throat. “Part of the job, you’re paying us handsomely, especially on the way back, aye?”
“Of course, I am a man of my word.” He jingled the coin pouch on his belt.