Christabella_Clara

AVA is a dangerous killer with a troubled past. She grew up in the Assassins' gang, where she learned everything she knows about seduction and murder. AVA is very good at what she does, and her knife has never missed its mark.
AVA is not perfect, though. She can't get rid of her past, so she always looks over her shoulder because she's afraid of getting caught. When Alpha Storm, the head of the most conservative pack, gives AVA the job of killing him, she knows it will be her most dangerous mission yet.
Storm is a strong Alpha who is not easy to trick. But AVA is set on finishing her task, no matter what it takes. She will use her looks, her wits, and her ability to kill to attract Storm and get close enough to him to kill him.
But as AVA gets to know Storm, she starts to wonder why she is doing what she is doing. He's not the monster she thought he was, and she starts to wonder if she can really kill him. AVA will have to choose whether to follow her heart or her orders in the end.
Will AVA's evil lead her to kill Storm? Or will she be able to make things right and save him from her own darkness?

SHADOWS WITHIN

As Storm's insight spread throughout my entire being, I was completely still. It hit me, and I felt like I was being torn apart. I felt as though a blade had pierced my skin, muscle, sinew, and bone and that I was being abandoned to not only bleed to death but also to be eaten by vultures.

"I'm engaged to be married because of Aoife.

Even as I peered directly into Storm's eyes, who was still holding me but whose grip had loosened as if the truth from his lips had cut through and hurt him more than it had me, those words never ceased ringing in my head.

Only when it hit my chest did I realise I had a tear running down my right cheek.

Finally, I was able to utter in the loudest possible voice, "What?" as my hands fell to my side in resignation.

CHAPTER 35