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"I only knohat your mother told me," he rushed out "We haven’t had any of the side effects that they had It could be because we settled on Calandry land It could be because that trait died out We don’t know, except that you weren’t affected It’s evenBranncynal wanted to rule Calandry, and why they hate the Denai"
Bearen’s hand rose in warning, and he cocked his head and listened I strained to hear what he was listening to and heard it as well A commotion on the far side of camp Bearen picked up his sword and ran I followed closely at his heels, , pushing past the swinging branches that e forh thee back I niroup of clan irl Odin held a lit torch Apparently, one too ht warranted a breech in protocol
Bearen pushed forward but kept his distance froirl’s dark hair was tangled, her skin sed with dirt Even her dress was frayed and tattered Her mouth opened and closed like a fish, but no sound came forth Her hands were splayed out in front of her like she was balancing above an invisible crevice, and she looked like she was about to fall over
"Siobhan?" Fenri stepped out fro crowd of warriors He moved to stand in front of her and tried to reach for her hand It waswas off about her There was so about her eyes When she turned, I saw an odd color reflected in ht
She turned her eerie silver eyes on , sa at rin slid up her face But it looked forced
"They come," she called out Her voice sounded hollow, empty I felt my heart break in sorrow as I saw the marks upon her arms She never made it to her aunt’s She’d been taken by the Septori, like I was
But this tiht They’d found another Siren
My heart thudded loudly in h ifts and to see her To truly see her
It took a few tries, but I blinked and I saw the shadow that surrounded her Also, a dark purple thread of light wrapped around her heart and led into the woods The shadow that I saithin Siobhan wasn’t as dark or large as the one I could see within myself
But the thread of power troubledcontrolled Just as the Raven controlled ani of her own accord A puppet But as pulling the strings, and as she here?
Siobhan’s body started to shake and I could see the thread of power connected to her start to wane, thin out, and disappear She fell to the ground and looked up at
"Help me! It hurts It hurts so an to rock back and forth, crying Big tears slid down her face and dropped into the soft, darkened earth I knew the pain she was in, the gut wrenching fire that consuuish and ran forward to help Siobhan up off the ground
"Don’t touch her!" Syrani cried out and entered the circle Fenri pulled back and gave her a frustrated look She rushed forward and stared off into the woods where the thread dissipated Her hands clenched into fists and she looked between the crying girl and the disappearing thread Syrani turned to frown at me and then stared back into the woods, worried She had evidently come to the same conclusion I had
Siobhan’s cries continued, and I could see Fenri on the verge of ignoring Syrani’s warning I teetered between feeling somewhat responsible and helpless A few seconds more and Syrani stood up and turned to look not at rio!"
Siobhan an to cry even louder "No, please, don’t leavedown my own cheeks in response to my cousin’s cries I stepped in front of Syrani and tried to defend Siobhan "You don’t knohat they’ve done to her We need to help her"