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Assassin's Taint
Paperback
Series: Assassin's Taint, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 31 2023
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Raised among the elite, Kiteura Maclee never imagined she would one day face a choice between becoming an assassin and losing her life. Yet when survival is the only alternative, the path before her becomes impossible to ignore. After all, she has no desire to end up forgotten in a pool of blood.
For years, Kiteura lived under the strict expectations of her parents, groomed to obey every rule and fulfill every demand. But as she grows older, she discovers a painful truth: she and her sister are nothing more than pawns in their parents' relentless pursuit of greater power and status. Determined to break free from the life her mother has carefully scripted for her, Kiteura dreams of escape-though being kidnapped by assassins alongside her best friend, Sayra, was never part of the plan.
Thrown into a brutal world of assassin training, Kiteura and Sayra must learn quickly if they hope to survive. Their trainer, the very assassin responsible for their capture, seems far more interested in breaking them than teaching them. While Sayra somehow manages to avoid the worst of his wrath, Kiteura constantly finds herself in his sights. Every act of defiance, every clever method she devises to survive his harsh lessons, only fuels his frustration and anger.
As attempts on her life become increasingly frequent, Kiteura finds an unexpected ally in the camp's medic, Raekel, the one tasked with stitching wounded trainees back together-especially her. But Raekel harbors secrets of his own. He is not only an elf, but the prince of the rare and mysterious Meca Vin. Possessing knowledge and skills far beyond what anyone realizes, Raekel may be the key to keeping Kiteura, Sayra, and the other trainees alive.
Caught between the life she fled and the deadly future being forced upon her, Kiteura must decide what kind of person she is willing to become-and whether survival is worth the price.
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