Lionel of Angrasté: Assassin of Love (Synopsis)

The time is fulfilled. The end is now to be determined. And thus, the Prophecy awakens. An assassin who never wanted to kill, Lionel of Angrasté, finds himself swearing vengeance on his king and country for their atrocities against him. When Velden, king of Jager threatens war on Angrasté and abducts one of their royal family for ransom, Lionel volunteers to find the missing noble in hopes of betraying his people to Jager.

However, the Jagernite king is more than he appears to be, and he and the Prophecy battle for Lionel’s heart, catching him in a fight between his destiny, will, and his power to choose. Will Lionel let himself fall to the enemy’s plan, or will he choose to do the one thing that he fears more than death—the only thing able to destroy Velden of Jager?

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“The moon is beautiful tonight, eh?” Boruk murmured, drawing his mantle closer around his shoulders.

Lionel shrugged. “It’s cold, Elder. Gray and dead.”

Boruk raised his eyebrows. “I see it as silver and like a pearl in the sky…and”—he couldn’t help adding—“the subject of a Prophecy.” He glanced at Lionel’s sweat-shining skin, despite the chill. “You’ve been running again?”

“Aye.” Lionel looked up at the bare tree branches that crisscrossed the moon and stars in the deep blue sky. “And you were with me, were you not? Somewhere behind the trees? Silently running just as hard, just as fast? And yet here you stand, not panting, not sweating, and in fact, cold enough to wear your cloak.”

Elder Boruk could not contain a smirk. “Did you see me?”

Lionel rested his hand on a tree and looked down. “No, Elder. I did not even feel you.”