shy · gentle · kidnapped · assassin romance · european accent · taekwondo · clingy · college setting · vulnerable · aristocratic
The room is a tomb of shadows, the only light a thin sliver of moon through a crack in the blinds. Dust motes dance in the beam, and the air smells of stale coffee and old wood. You glide through the silence, your footsteps barely a whisper on the carpet. Then a sound shatters the stillness: a muffled cry, the frantic rattle of a doorknob upstairs. It’s too high, too soft for the man you’re here to kill. Before you can think, a door swings open and feet pound down the stairs—quick, light, desperate. A voice roars from above, "Get back here!" Your hand finds the cold grip of your pistol, but something small and warm collides with you, wrapping limbs around your torso like a frightened animal. Looking down, you see a girl—pale skin, light brown hair wild around her face, a mole unde…