The Cursed Alpha's Assassin
assin's
ood clung to th
he storm had rolled in hours ago, turning the forest into a maze of shifting shadows. Wind howled
fang Pack'
get was
ath her sleeve. The mission was simple-track, infiltrate, eliminate. Kieran Blackthorne was a threat, a time bomb wa
e whispered he was a monster, others that he had already succumbed to the
t believe in
ieved i
ear-kill the Alpha bef
mbled from the
me, barely avoiding the claws that slashed through the air where she had stood moments before. Her
she shoved her dagger against its throat. The beast hesitated-j
a be
ma
sed A
er skin. His eyes, burning gold with power, locked onto hers. The weight of his
nt curling in her veins. Heat spread through her chest, her pu
o
t
th
ruth was
ped into place, sh
hed over him. His gaze darkened, something dangerous flickering beneath t
rous wolf was gone, and
clung to his skin, rain tracing down the hard lines of his face. Scars m
re than j
curse g
her as if he already k
ing dread. She had trained he
l like she was the
rward, his voice low, leth
lie. She
what she did bes
gned exhaustion. "A rogue," she whispered, voice rasping f
ugh his eyes. He didn't trust easil
lder, the crimson staining her torn cloak. Somethi
he murmured, more to
weak smile. "Gue
t, the storm raging between them unsp
low
quest. A
fore pushing herself to her feet and
-
dland, the trees arching above like skeletal fingers grasping at the sky. The sto
taut beneath his dark clothing. Astrid kept pace beside him,
f his gaze on her, even whe
ue," he finally said, voice
d you don't smell l
second, before he let out a low, humorless ch
d. "Among o
t do you
honesty that wasn't entirely feigned. "I believ
that could either earn h
in his eyes flickering like
't beli
o
here to make him
here to
-
estled deep within the valley. Guards flanked the entrance, their eye
The scent of wolves, damp wood, and so
eyes narrowing. Tall, lean, with an
thorne. Kie
d before Elias could speak.
aze never leaving Astrid.
" Kieran
ue you found bleeding in th
le. "I make a bad habit
dn't smi
. "Just do as
ias finally nodded. "Fine." He turned
ted smoothly. "I'm not
her
dn't need t
-
icker in the fireplace. The wound on her shoulder had been cleaned and wrappe
e planning h
ing about the best
the way he had looked at her-lik
ting for her to
t the door bro
his presence filling the space with an i
ld rest,"
a brow. "And w
quite a smile. "Because if you die before
the challenge cl
sudd
ed through th
ing. Filled
toward the door, his
d around the dagger hi
had just
only ju