She was sent to kill. Instead, she might be the one destined to end it all. Lea, a top-tier assassin for the secretive High Table, has never missed a mark—until now. What was supposed to be a routine mission turns into a long-term “quest” in the quiet town of Mystique Gore, assisting a cold, commanding man in a mansion older than memory. Strange? Yes. Dangerous? Definitely. But what’s worse? The mission wasn’t for a target... it was for *her*. Marked by a power she doesn’t understand and haunted by dreams that aren’t hers, Lea finds herself entangled in a world she never believed existed—one ruled by vampires, witches, and werewolves hiding in plain sight. And at the center of it all is Ivan, the enigmatic master of the house who knows more than he says... and watches her like she’s already his. As her assassin instincts clash with ancient prophecies, forbidden truths, and a mark that binds her fate to something much bigger, Lea must uncover why the High Table sent her here—and why the supernatural world is afraid of *her*. They say she’s the beginning. They say she’s the end. They say she must die to keep the peace. But Lea doesn’t take orders. She gives them.
View MoreIt started with a dream—or maybe a memory—masquerading as one.I was in the middle of a forest, moonlight painting everything silver. I wasn’t lost, but I wasn’t sure why I was there either. Something heavy wrapped around my wrist, warm and glowing. I raised my arm—and there it was.Another mark.Not the same one that burned into my shoulder. This one looked different. Sharper lines, almost ancient in design. I reached out to touch it and—Snap.I woke up.Sweat dampened my hairline. My heart thumped like I’d just sprinted a marathon in combat boots. I yanked my sleeve up, hoping—half-expecting—to find something etched there. Nothing. Smooth skin. No mystery mark.“Great. Now I’m hallucinating in HD.”I sat up in bed and stared out the window. The mansion's silhouette loomed against the indigo sky, eerie but elegant. That dream wasn’t random. I felt the same bone-deep pull I’d felt the night I arrived. Like something was unfolding inside me—and I didn’t get the memo.Merlin.
The hallway was too quiet.Too perfect.Too… fake.I stalked through the east wing like a pissed-off shadow, one hand over the dull throb of pain in my side. Merlin said I should be resting. Ivan said nothing, which somehow made it worse.I needed answers. And I knew exactly who had them.I ducked into one of the side studies, locked the door, and pulled out the secure communicator from my coat. Taped under the lining, right where no nosy vampires—I mean, people—could see it.The red light blinked. One connection to the High Table.My thumb hovered over the dial for two seconds.Then I pressed.Ring.Ring.“Lea. We were wondering when you’d call.” The voice on the other end was calm. Too calm.I recognized it immediately—Harker, one of the high-ranking operators. He had the voice of someone who always knew more than you, and was always a little smug about it.I cut to the chase. “What the hell did you send me into?”Silence.Then: “You’ve completed your missions without
I woke up to warmth.Not just the fuzzy blanket kind—real warmth. A fire in the hearth, a thick blanket tucked around me, and something that smelled suspiciously like a witch's tea on the bedside table.Also, someone was watching me.Great.My eyes cracked open, and there she was.Merlin. Cross-legged on an armchair with her chin in her palm, watching me like I was a puzzle missing a few pieces.“About time,” she said. “You almost didn’t make it.”I groaned. “What is this, the spa package version of trauma?”She didn’t smile. “You were lucky. Ivan got to you before they could… finish the job.”I sat up slowly. “You mean before they gave me a free lobotomy?”Pain bloomed in my ribs and back. I hissed and dropped back into the pillows.“Easy,” she said, reaching for a mug. “Drink this. It'll help with the pain. And maybe the sarcasm.”“Doubt it,” I muttered, sniffing the concoction. “Smells like regret with a hint of rosemary.”Merlin chuckled—barely. Then her eyes narrowed
The wind had shifted.I wasn’t the poetic type, but when you’ve dodged death enough times, you start noticing small things—the way a room feels before violence, how your heartbeat syncs with danger.Tonight, the wind was wrong.It blew through the hallway like a whisper too close to the ear, cold and sharp. The candles flickered even though there were no open windows. I paused, my hand brushing the hilt of the blade under my cardigan.My gut was talking.So I listened.I’d just left the east wing, where the house’s private archives were supposed to be. For a supposedly rich, tasteful mansion, there were an unusual number of locked doors.Doors that looked recently reinforced.Too many secrets.Too much silence.And then I heard it—footsteps.Not Ivan’s. His were deliberate, grounded, like he walked knowing the earth obeyed him.These were fast. Light. Too many.I pivoted, grip tightening on my blade. “If this is another cryptic poetry session, Merlin, I swear—”Something
I’ve been shot three times, stabbed twice, and once fell off a rooftop in Milan after a client decided "no witnesses" applied to the woman who just saved his life. But none of that compared to this.A mark that burns when Ivan looks at me?No.That’s not fear.It’s not excitement.It’s something I can’t name.And I hate not having names for things.That morning, I locked myself in the mansion’s spare bathroom—one with a decent mirror and zero magical tea ladies trying to give me moon-brewed chamomile.Shirt off. Mark exposed.It was the same strange, swirling symbol on my shoulder blade. Pale red at rest, but lately… it pulsed, especially after long eye contact with Ivan.I tried to scrub it off again.Still there.I tried heat, cold, even a tiny burn test.No reaction.“Well,” I muttered. “At least I’m not allergic to my own flesh tattoo.”I pulled out a small device from my bag—a biometric scanner, the kind only people with a license to kill and a very illegal budget c
I had faced trained mercenaries, rogue agents, and at least two double-crossing clients who thought "platinum rank" was just a sticker on a file. But none of them made my palms sweat the way a single look from Ivan did.It wasn’t nerves. I don’t do nerves.It was the mark.Every time our eyes met, it pulsed. Not like a wound—more like… a tether. Invisible and unwanted.And this morning, Ivan wouldn’t stop looking.Not in a creepy, stalk-you-from-the-curtains way. More like he was waiting for something. Watching me like I was a ticking clock he’d heard before, just waiting for the chime.I had questions. So many questions. But I needed facts first.Step one: Confirm the impossible.I slipped back into the library when no one was around. I brought a small camera, gloves, and enough paranoia to power a surveillance van.The old photo I found yesterday? Still there. Still wrong.Same faces. Same agelessness. Still no explanation.I scanned the room, looking for clues—books left
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