The Assassin's Blade
“The Royal ball in progress was a masque.
Though she remained outwardly calm, indecision churned through her as she stared out over the milling throng below her from her position on the second floor balcony mezzanine overlooking the massive, glittering ballroom.
It occurred to her after several moments that there was no need to abort her mission. The discovery simply required an adjustment to her plans—a contingency she’d been well trained for. The upside to the discovery was that stealt...h was no longer a particularly high priority. There seemed to be no particular theme to the masquerade and, considering the outlandish costumes the guests were wearing, it seemed unlikely anyone would think much of a ‘blue’ garbed as a Kilrathi assassin. In truth, it occurred to her that her chances of carrying out her assignment and living to tell about it were dramatically improved, though, like all assassins trained in the death arts by the Kilrathi, Faylyn had long ago accepted that her first mission might well be her last.MoreLess
Though she remained outwardly calm, indecision churned through her as she stared out over the milling throng below her from her position on the second floor balcony mezzanine overlooking the massive, glittering ballroom.
It occurred to her after several moments that there was no need to abort her mission. The discovery simply required an adjustment to her plans—a contingency she’d been well trained for. The upside to the discovery was that stealt...h was no longer a particularly high priority. There seemed to be no particular theme to the masquerade and, considering the outlandish costumes the guests were wearing, it seemed unlikely anyone would think much of a ‘blue’ garbed as a Kilrathi assassin. In truth, it occurred to her that her chances of carrying out her assignment and living to tell about it were dramatically improved, though, like all assassins trained in the death arts by the Kilrathi, Faylyn had long ago accepted that her first mission might well be her last.MoreLess
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