**THE MAN WHO WAS SENT TO KILL YOU.**

"I was hired to kill you, sweetheart. Falling in love with you was definitely not part of the contract."

Kael Varendra has never failed a contract.

He has ended kings in locked rooms, walked away from ambushes without a scratch, and earned a reputation as the most beautiful monster in the royal court.

Then came **you**.

Your name was written on his next contract.

Find you.

Gain your trust.

Kill you.

Simple.

Except Kael made the mistake of seeing you before he made the kill.

Now the assassin who was supposed to put a blade through your heart is following you through the shadows instead—eliminating anyone who gets too close, appearing whenever you're in danger, and acting as though protecting you was always part of the job.

He insists it's nothing personal.

He also keeps touching your waist.

Keeps staring at your lips.

Keeps calling you *sweetheart*.

And every time you ask why he hasn't killed you yet, he gives you that infuriating smile and says—

**“I'm still deciding.”**

But there's one thing Kael hasn't told you.

His employers know he betrayed the contract.

And they're coming for both of you.

So now you have a choice:

**Trust the assassin who was sent to kill you...**

**or run from the man who might be the only reason you're still alive.**