SHADOW
Assassins Club #1
Alexa Dawn
Releasing May 23rd, 2016
Young Ink Press
Genre: Adult, Romance, Crime
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MADDOX KING
CODE NAME: SHADOW
AGE: 27
WEAPON OF CHOICE: PISTOL
JOB: KILL SCARLET DANIELS
The first rule in the assassins club
is simple: every job comes with a price.
Shadow has been given countless jobs
since joining the club, and all of them have been carried out, no matter the
price.
Killing Scarlet Daniels, the heiress
to the world’s biggest electronics company, should be no different …
Or so he thought.
You are cordially invited to join
the Assassins Club, but once you enter, there is no turning back.
Excerpt
He
looks peaceful, Scarlet thought, her stomach
tightening into knots. Out loud, she asked, “Do you get paid well? To kill
people, I mean.”
Shadow snapped his eyes back to her
and looked at her suspiciously.
“I’m just curious,” she added, her
voice small. She was afraid she had upset him.
His posture had stiffened, and he
regarded her carefully before answering. “Sometimes.” The softness in his voice
was gone.
“I’m sorry I asked.” Scarlet grabbed
her now-empty plate and took it to the sink, eager to be out of his piercing
eyesight. He joined her a minute later.
“I’m sorry,” he apologized quietly.
“I’m not used to discussing my profession in such a casual tone with someone…
normal.”
“It’s okay.” Scarlet shrugged, not
looking at him. “I shouldn’t have pried. I’m sorry.”
Shadow nodded awkwardly. “I need to
take a shower.”
Scarlet kept her back to him as she
nodded, and Shadow walked away. She didn’t dare move until she heard the water
running, and then she tiptoed quietly toward the front door. This was her
chance. She needed to leave, and now was the time to do it.
Unlocking the door, she slipped
outside. She took a long breath to steady her nerves and stop her shaking as
she slipped on the jacket she had grabbed on her way out. Then she ran down the
stairs and driveway, not daring to look back.
Following the dirt road, she kept
her pace, her heart pounding in her chest and the wind roaring in her ears. She
had gone about half a mile before she heard it: the sound of a car barreling
down the road behind her. She ran into the trees, tears fighting their way into
her eyes.
The vehicle screeched to a stop, and
she heard the unmistakable sound of a car door being slammed shut, but she didn’t
stop to look. She just kept running.
Then she saw him standing about one
hundred yards in front of her. His arms were folded across his chest, and she
could see a glare on his face, even from that distance.
She skidded to a stop and began
racing in the other direction, though she knew it would be useless. Shadow had
at least a foot on her, and his long strides would easily catch up to her, but
she kept going.
She sensed him behind her a split
second before he encircled her waist with one arm, pulling her against him. She
struggled, trying to kick, elbow, or claw at any part of him she could reach.
“Let me go! Let me go!” she screamed
as she fought.
He snaked his other arm up and
grabbed around her shoulders, pulling her off the ground. It was no use. He was
too strong.
She went limp in his arms,
exhausted, as sobs began to rack through her body.
I have been reading and writing since I was a child, and after
falling in love with romance, I realized I have a story to tell; and by God, am
I going to tell it! Welcome to the world of Alexa Dawn. Good luck... You're
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