Dragon Memories: A High Fantasy Reverse Harem Romance (Legacy of Blood and Magic Book 2) by Lacey Carter Andersen

Dragon Memories: A High Fantasy Reverse Harem Romance (Legacy of Blood and Magic Book 2) by Lacey Carter Andersen

Author:Lacey Carter Andersen [Andersen, Lacey Carter]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Phoenix Press LLC
Published: 2021-03-12T00:00:00+00:00


8

Gannon

Changing into simple black clothes and fastening a dark cloak around his shoulders, he locked the door of his room and dug out the tan bag beneath his chair, before stuffing it in his shirt. Hurrying through the halls and out the darkened servants’ exit, he kept to the shadows and made it to the main gate where a sleepy guard took one look at his face and let him pass without challenge.

To the right, the road led to the nearby town, to the left, the drop-off. He veered to the left, until he spotted the outline of a man leaning against a Wipendrow Tree.

Rhett.

“Took you long enough,” he barked, when Gannon got close enough.

Stopping in his tracks, Gannon spoke with carefully chosen words. “I think perhaps you’ve forgotten who you’re speaking to.”

Rhett stepped away from the tree. The moon peeked from behind the clouds to slide along the strips of scars dancing along the man’s face and neck. They were the only remarkable things about the man altogether, but it was his ability to blend in that made him such a good assassin. Time and time again, he’d done Gannon’s dirty work, and done so with complete success. True, he wasn’t the brightest, but no one was well skilled at killing quietly.

“You’re right,” he said, shifting nervously. “The night’s just been cold, and I thought you’d be here a hell of a lot sooner is all.”

Gannon accepted his apology, knowing he couldn’t have expected civil manners in someone so poorly bred. “I’ve come to tell you. It’s time.”

“You finally want him dead?”

“Yes and right away.”

The man rubbed at his chin. “All right, but I want to be paid up front.”

Gannon laughed. “Surely you don’t take me for a fool. No, this will be done the same way as always, a small percentage now, the rest later.”

“This isn’t like the other times. Only a fool would take on this job at all, but I’ve met a girl, and that gold will buy us the kind of life she deserves.”

At the mention of his girl, Gannon stiffened. “Does she know anything about this?”

It was Rhett’s turn to laugh. “She knows I’m no farmer, but no, our business is private.”

Gannon nearly sighed with relief. “Well, that’s good at least. But now to the business of this money. If I give you it all now, you have no reason to do the job.”

Rhett rubbed at his chin. “Half now. That’s fair.”

Gannon held back a smile. The man was far too predictable.

Reaching into his shirt, he pulled out the heavy bag, filled with a king’s ransom of gold. “It’s agreed.” But when Rhett took hold of it, Gannon didn’t let go. “But if somewhere in that little mind of yours, you consider, even for a moment, taking this money and running, I want you to know that there’s nowhere I can’t reach you.”

The assassin jerked the string on the bag, and Gannon let it go. “And I want you to know, this’ll be my last job.



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