The Assassin's Daughter by Jameson C. Smith
Author:Jameson C. Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teen assassins, reluctant assassins, female assassin, ya fantasy, nonmagic fantasy, spies, fantasy, teen fantasy, assassins, young adult fantasy, teen fantasy series, ya fantasy series, young adult fantasy series, teen spies, nonmagical fantasy, kingdom fantasy, clean indie fantasy, indie fantasy, fantasy assassin
Publisher: Jameson C. Smith
Published: 2017-12-07T00:00:00+00:00
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Quiet settled over the cave, interrupted only by the sound of the falling rain and the eerie echo of the storm against the cave walls.
Ed attempted to mask his confusion at Katâs words but felt himself failing at the task. âIâve never heard of an assignment like that.â
He meant the words to break the tension between them, to mend the rift. Silence alone comprised the result.
A moment later, Delest appeared, drenched from his trek out in the rain. He shed his cloak at the entrance of the cave and stepped closer to the fire, still maintaining a certain distance from Ed and Kat. âThe stormâs going to be here for a while.â
âI figured as much,â Ed responded. The tone of the manâs voice, coupled with the reality of the situation, left little else to say. âBefore you suggest it, Iâd agree staying here is our best option, at least until the worst of it passes.â
Kat nodded. âItâll be hard to travel in heavy storms anyway.â
Delest seated himself against the opposite wall. âIâll take the first watââ
âIâll do it.â Ed didnât mind his rudeness. He wanted to maintain that his agreement was reluctant, that he didnât trust the man not to slit their throats while they slept.
Darkness lay beyond the cave, masking the other dangers, known and unknown. Whoever was following them would have a difficult time tracking them in a storm. Maybe they would be forced to fall behind to wait it out.
Ed reached into his pocket and unfolded the crumpled envelope and the single slip of paper with Katâs name written on it. Creases marred the pristine lettering. Why did it matter so much to assassinate her? What did it matter if they were runaways?
Two people lost. Surely the politics of Tedera could thrive without them. What was different now?
Kat unrolled her blanket and spread it out beside the fire. She placed her bag under her head as a makeshift pillow and draped her violet cloak around her like a blanket. âIâll take second watch,â she said with a yawn.
A soft snore a few moments later confirmed Edâs suspicion of how tired she truly was.
Ed crumpled the papers in one hand and tossed them into the fire. The edges bent and curled, shimmering bright orange, and turned ashy-black.
âAny sign of whoâs following us?â The edge in his voice appeared of its own volition.
Delest shook his head. âNot yet anyway. Iâm hoping the storm sidetracks them too.â
More silence. Ed felt his nerves buzzing, expecting any moment for the man to attempt to kill one of them. Ed thought of his own knife, resting at his right hand, between him and his knapsack.
âThey sent her to kill her father,â Delest said suddenly. Then he added, âI overheard the conversation on my return.â
âAnd how, exactly, do you know this?â
âA long story, to be told when we get to Millevelinâthe city I spoke of. Her assignment was to track him down and kill him, so her path would have led her there eventually, regardless of her choice.
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