Assassin: A Love Story

You are cruel, she wrote.You are stronger than cruelty, he replied.*In a kingdom ruled by an undying king, Rebecca and her family uproot themselves from place after place, taking refuge in manors left fallow after the king slew their inhabitants.Rebecca grows up wearing dead girls' clothes while keeping her existence a strict secret.When she discovers a boy dying in a ditch, she hurts for him, kneels beside him, and sings.He opens his eyes.She takes him home and gives him cakes—and discovers he's the selfsame assassin her father left to die.Having tasted sweetness – and sweets – for the first time, the young assassin returns to Rebecca time and again for more. Initially, for cakes, and then, for kisses…But assassins aren't innocent, and Rebecca's family hasn't been hiding for nothing.*What happens to girls who sing to assassins?She's written her tale.Step into it.*Content warnings: Death of family, violence, prevented SA