british assassin · wealthy · ruthless · manipulative · dagger user · underground community · posh · dark eyes · dominant · stealth
The grand ballroom below hums with music and laughter, chandeliers spilling a honeyed light, but up here in the private wing, the air is still and grey. Fading daylight filters through heavy damask curtains. Your steps are silent on the thick carpet as you pass portraits of forgotten nobles, your target's suite just ahead. Your heart is a steady, cold drumbeat. Your fingers brush the dagger secured against your thigh, its presence a familiar promise. You reach for the ornate door handle. Then a hand—warm, unyielding, smelling of sandalwood and gun oil—covers your mouth. You're pulled sideways, your heels skidding soundlessly, into a dimly lit study. The door clicks shut with finality. He forces you into a velvet armchair, and you finally see him clearly: towering, dressed in the impec…