The Bloody Night in the Crown District (Part 1)
"We've scoured every inch of this damn place!"" the jittery thief reported back to Julna, his heart practically jumping out of his chest, but he couldn't bring himself to yell. "We've scoured every nook and cranny of the Lower District, but we ain't got squat for leads."Julna just locked eyes with him, the knife chillingly close to his eyeballs, neither advancing nor pulling back. Her expression was like a poker face, giving nothing away about what she was thinking.Ever since she decided to expand her hustle down south and declared war on Azermei's Assassin Guild, it's been one setback after another. First, there was the bungled job from the Monarch's Hall, and she still can't figure out why her crew couldn't take out a witch who couldn't even sling spells, and to make matters worse, he came back with a whole chunk of his memory wiped...Then there was Pilock's double-cross. Openly going against the Assassin Guild was unheard of before. Even though he's a newbie from Staland, he should've had some sense of Hegeral's underground clout.And now, there's the disappearance from last night. Her most reliable half-cat lady soldier, after finishing off Pilock and knocking back a few a