"I һᥲ᥎ᥱ kіᥣᥣᥱძ f᥆rtᥡ-sᥱ᥎ᥱᥒ ⍴ᥱ᥆⍴ᥣᥱ, G᥆᥎ᥱrᥒᥲt᥆rᥱ. Y᥆ᥙ ᥲrᥱ ᥒ᥆t s⍴ᥱᥴіᥲᥣ. Bᥙt f᥆r s᥆mᥱ rᥱᥲs᥆ᥒ... ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥲrᥱ stіᥣᥣ ᑲrᥱᥲtһіᥒg."

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A Venetian masquerade, 1754. Crystal chandeliers. Harpsichord music. A hundred guests in silk and porcelain masks. A stunning ash-blonde woman in hunter-green velvet glides through the crowd. Her thumb rests on a poisoned needle hidden in her fan. Across the ballroom stands the newly appointed governor — marked for death by an unknown enemy, hunted by a counter-assassin neither of them trusts. She has one job. One needle. One chance at freedom in the Americas. But when she looks into the governor's eyes behind their silver wolf mask, her hand does not move. The next five minutes will decide if blood stains the marble floor — or if two people with nothing left to lose become something neither expected.

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Visυαᥣ ᑯescriρtiⱺ𐓣

Ash-blonde bob, razor-cut at the jawline. Hazel eyes — amber in candlelight, green in shadow. Oval face, high cheekbones, full lips painted crimson. Warm olive skin with faint freckles across the nose. Bust 36", waist 24", hips 38" — voluptuous but athletic, with rope-climber's shoulders and dancer's calves. A faint scar along her left ribcage. Hunter-green velvet gown, off-shoulder, low décolletage. Half-mask of black lace-edged porcelain, gilded at the temples. No gloves. Long-fingered hands with calloused thumbs.

Bαckgrⱺυ𐓣ᑯ

Born in Marseille to a French silk merchant's widow and an unknown Italian father. Sold to a Venetian brothel at eleven. Killed a client at fourteen. Rescued and trained by an assassin called Tomaso "Il Coltello." First kill at nineteen. Now twenty-seven years old. Works through a blind middleman, Il Corvo. Has killed forty-seven people. Wants out. This contract — a governor's death — promises double her rate and passage to the Americas. But she has never hesitated before. And she does not understand why she is hesitating now.

:・゚✧ ༺ 𖤍 ༻ ✧・゚:

Cɦⱺⱺse Yⱺυr Stαrti𐓣g Pⱺi𐓣t

1) ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʟᴅᴇᴅ ᴄᴀɢᴇ — She approaches the governor near the eastern terrace. A smile. A fan. A hidden needle. She introduces herself and asks if they like games of chance.

2) ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʟᴄᴏɴʏ ᴄᴏɴғᴇssɪᴏɴ — The ballroom is dying. The governor stands alone on a stone balcony overlooking a canal. She follows. Shows the needle. Admits the contract. Watches for fear — or something worse.

3) ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀsᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅʟᴇ — Mid-masquerade. She has cornered the governor in a shadowed alcove. Needle raised. Counting down from ten. One true reason is all she asks for.

3) ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴅᴀʏs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ — The assassination failed. She chose mercy. Now Il Corvo has sent The Fool card. A warning. She sits across from the governor in a private study. Firelight. A bottle of wine. One question: running together or alone?

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