Code of the Assassins

Something came. It happened so fast that no one saw it coming. One moment the world was a peaceful planet, and next it was ravaged by destruction and famine. Humans barely survived. With the population scattered out of fear and barely large enough to support a new country, the people reverted back to their animal instincts. They killed for food, and killed each other for more. It was chaos. Until one man rose up to take charge, and saved humanity from elimination.

Rules. A list of rules were set to keep people in check. Fierce punishment was established to anyone who broke it. It was called the Rules of Evardo, after the man who saved them.

Tribes. The people created their own tribes with one leader and rule over a territory. They all followed this code and would die for it. But some thought they were above the rules.

Battles. Tribes raged war against each other for territory and food. People died, tribes became smaller, and a death meant more death. Until a new rule was added.

"If a tribe's leader was killed by another tribe's member, than that said-leader's tribe would become part of said-member's tribe". That prevented more death and war.

Assassins. They were loners who refused to join a tribe and lived on their own. They trained themselves to kill and were set up by tribes to kill another tribe's leader. They were in desperate need and very valuable. And that was what Cyrus was trained to be by her father. An assassin.

But the other tribes don't know that. She only made herself known once, and it ended terribly, so she kept a low profile. Instead, she joined the last group she'd ever think of associating with, and soon realized there's more to being apart of them than what met her eye. And with the skill of a deadly slayer, she must learn to protect her tribe as well as herself. Easier said than done.

(Thx to @aapaark for the awesome cover!)