The Cursed Alpha's Assassin
adows T
shattered t
y a blur of motion as he stormed toward the door. His Beta,
lias said sharp
sappeared into the corridor, his l
only a second b
't part o
blade into Kieran's heart before the curse could take hold. But something in t
no
hu
her pace, her instincts screaming
h wing, the stench of b
ay was a
and horror. The crimson streaks glistening on the floor weren't fresh claw marks. No, these w
burning with restrained fury. His hands were curled into fi
g under his breath. "This wasn't a rogue att
blood r
alis
n past missions, the blood-soaked knowledge of dark magic and
ul not to let her express
an accident,"
ng onto hers like a steel trap. "You
't a qu
fford to reveal too much-not yet. "Once," sh
a, if this was a ritual, the
tened. "They were
the flicker of unea
e," she sa
g between the
he weight of the realization,
cream t
his
ike a phantom's sigh. The torches lining the hallway flickered
erature
ce pressing against the walls, the very fabric o
olf rising to the surface in
m the shadows
t could even
gged silhouette, its body shifting like smoke, tendrils of darkness curling at it
pulse h
asn't
ng she had ever be
ng. A deep growl tore from his throat as he launched forwar
thing wa
-one second it was there, t
ril of shadow slashed through the space where she had stood. A deep goug
asn't s
throat, lifting him off the ground effortlessly. His legs kic
toying
, pulling the dagger from her sleeve and h
blad
hat it sent Astrid's senses into a tailspin. The to
at moment
ature v
reath. Kieran stood frozen for a split seco
, his gaze s
th suspicio
omethi
gnit
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ou?" Kieran's voice
't move, di
e a mistake
el. It was silver-lined with enchanted runes. A
had s
ow, h
sn't just
thing far mo
ragged breathing of Elias and the
took a ste
ed toward the second da
coul
ould
e cou
de she had thrown-the one still lodged in the ston
d. "That weapon... it
d his gaze, keeping her brea
sn't just suspicious now-he k
turning in his mind, pie
and he'd ask th
nd this whole char
ughed, breaki
tated. Just
r lips. "Are you always this paranoid, Alpha? Or
e way he looked at her now-i
th a hunt
in her bones-he w