The Assassin's Burden

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t, he never fa

was the one who carri

left to tend to his frail first

hunted by the agency, I

iage, I got injured nin

al mission, tossed it to me as usu

"What if I di

nd snapped, "That'd be for the best.

The system told me that only after getting inju

ent you the details. Make sure you complete it," Jace said, not even glancing at me,

mission on my phone,

e phone tight

I have to go? Can I skip it? You have

itation flickeri

, there's nothing between us. I'm just vis

ncy hunt me down? Don't you love me anymore? We've only b

truck me as almost laughab

respond, Jace

eady swamped. Don't add to my problems. Instead of arguing with me

hed his shoes to a shine, and g

ime Jace received a mis

Jace would abandon the j

r. Any assassin who abandoned a

ce, I took on

, he fel

he grew u

me missions so he could

over a thousand missions for Jace, earn

ninety-nine times, near

ever c

me I took a mission for h

ead out, got a c

lone. I have to go see her. But the mission needs to be don

ant and volunteer

world, I became an assassin t

marriage,

d to say

ved sigh and rushed out to find Natalia, le

still held

as just being

I got injured for him and aw

t injured for Jace a hundred

I found

ould he let me get h

ears, I realized

details on my phone, a

s had failed it, with almo

a deep

e ninety-nine times. One m