Tethered To His Shadow
With a sharp flick of his left wrist, Cassian ripped the silver viper mask away, revealing a pale, southern-born warrior with dark eyes filled with sudden, overwhelming terror.
"Who sent you, and what is your target?!" Cassian growled, his silver eyes flashing with cold, lethal fury, his grip tightening until the stone behind the assassin's head began to crack.
"You're... already... too late..." the assassin choked out, spitting black blood onto Cassian's gloved knuckles. "The strike team in this pass... was merely a distraction..."
Kira stepped up beside her mate, holding the tip of her glowing northern blade a fraction of an inch from the assassin's left eye, her voice cold enough to freez