Merciless (A Born Assassin Book 1) by Jacqueline Pawl

Author:Jacqueline Pawl [Pawl, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

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Calum dismisses the guards who had accompanied him before he allows Mercy to leave. While he’s outside, she slips into the dress he’d given her and finds her shoes tucked under the bed. She can’t resist searching the nightstand and desk for her knives, even though she knows they won’t be in there; Calum isn’t that stupid. When he returns, he finds Mercy elbow-deep in the wardrobe, silks and velvets tossed over her shoulder.

He leans against the closed door and crosses his arms over his chest, smirking. “Looking for something, love?”

She shoots him a dirty look. “Don’t call me that.”

He smiles. “If I heard correctly, His Highness is on his way to the council room at this very moment. You’d better hurry.”

“I can’t do anything now, Calum. They’d kill me on sight.”

He rolls his eyes. “Yes, I understand that.” He crosses the room and lifts the clothes from her shoulder, reaching over her head to place them on the highest shelf of the wardrobe. She turns around and glares at him. “But something is going on with this mysterious disease, and I’d like to hear what they plan to do about it. I may be the king’s nephew, but His Majesty is too paranoid to allow me a seat on the small council. He thinks the power would go to my head. Imagine that.” He plucks the bandage off Mercy’s head, and she rubs the sore spot at the back of her skull, where a large, tender bump protrudes. He frowns. “Don’t worry about that. Your hair covers it. Now go.”

He places a hand on her lower back and pushes her to the door. Just before she reaches for the doorknob, he catches her arm and places one of the knives in her hand. “Hide this well,” he says, then shoves her out of the room.

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