Linked by Blood and Bone
The water ahead began to ripple, concentric circles breaking the dark, mirror-like surface as something heavy and blind dragged its bulk across the submerged limestone shelf.
"Blind salamanders," Thalen whispered, his aristocratic composure cracking as a pair of milky-white, lidless eyes caught the faint bioluminescent glow of the damp walls. "Massive ones. The kind that chew through iron grates in the lower aqueducts."
"Then I suggest you stop complaining about your boots and get ready to run, because there's about six of them, and they look hungry," Zeyric said, turning on his heel.