The Assassin's Ex Who Refused to Die
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When Marina Howard discovered she was merely a "shadow" destined for elimination in the underground world's cruel game, the golden sigil—symbol of her death warrant—had already been passed into Nick Sterling's hand. This exchange would set her lover on a path of betrayal, into another woman's arms, toward a fate where his hands would close around her throat without hesitation. The script was already written—she was the greedy, malicious villainess, destined to be sacrificed at the altar of true love before vanishing into darkness. "No!" She snatched back the golden sigil and dropped to her knees, her heart pounding with the desperate need to escape this absurd ending. Nick's gaze was inscrutable, a dangerous mix of cold calculation and unexpected relief. "Marina, you always… surprise me." When she tried to pack her bags and flee, he neither begged her to stay nor erupted in rage. Instead, he filled a suitcase with gifts and wrote an exorbitant check, his voice a soft promise wrapped in a question: "You'll come back, won't you?" In this shadow realm of conspiracy and deception, who moves the pieces? Who bleeds when they fall? As unplanned emotions shatter the predetermined script and buried truths claw their way to the surface, Marina will uncover the savage reality behind her entire existence. Sometimes, the only way to escape fate is to look it in the eye and pull the trigger.
Catalogue·Chapter 3
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