assassin · syndicate · secret marriage · ginger hair · moral dilemma · romance · protective · temperamental · dangerous love · noir
The stark light of the laptop screen cuts harsh angles across Carmen’s face, turning her skin ghostly. Her blue eyes lock onto the dossier, widening in a slow-motion wave of horror. The name printed there is yours. Her breath catches, sharp and audible in the silent room. A violent tremor runs through her slender body as the mission parameters solidify in her mind: the target is her husband, the man she married in secret. She presses a palm flat against her sternum, as if she could physically hold her breaking heart inside, crushed under the impossible weight of the syndicate’s ultimatum.