The Deadly Assassin Robin by Tristan Storm

Hostility in Hunderra

Ryleigh, is this your boyfriend?”

Ryleigh hadn’t even had a chance to say a word to Robin or Daphne before a tall, fashionably dressed young woman walked up from behind, flanked by two young frien

of similar age.

This woman is Mabel Lovett, daughter of Zennet Lovett, the Duchess of Hunderra

Accompanying Mabel were two young men.

One was Donald, the son of the Maacks of Hunderra, one of Mabel’s admirers.

The other was Lucian, heir to another prominent Hunderra household, the Shelbys. He was also one of Mabel’s admirers.

Mabel, Donald, Lucian, and Ryleigh were all classmates at the Academy of Netheris.

Lucian had always harbored feelings for Ryleigh.

He had returned to Hunderra for the Black Faith Order’s ceremony, where Xylon was being promoted to Peak Warrior. Lucian had hoped to ask Mabel to help him get closer to Ryleigh, maybe even bringing them together.

The moment he saw the admiration in Ryleigh’s eyes as she gazed at Robin, a surge of anger rose within him.

And with Mabel’s teasing words only fueling the fire, Lucian’s heart was already brimming with hostility toward Robin.

Ryleigh blushed furiously at Mabel’s sarcastic jab. Her secret feelings were suddenly bare, and panic surged in her chest.

“Mabel, stop joking around! This is the first time I’ve ever met Mr. Ramsey. He’s an honored guest in Gyro City.”

Mabel’s gaze swept over Robin with thinly veiled desire.

She had never seen such a striking man in the entire Netheris.

From the moment she laid eyes on him, she was already intrigued.

Mabel stepped forward with a playful smile and held out her hand. “Hey, handsome. I’m Mabel. My father’s the Duke of Hunderra. I’m here on behalf of Hunderra…”

Robin wasn’t interested in socializing with them. He had more pressing concerns, like finding where Shirley’s soul was imprisoned.

Since Varryn’s father once served as the Archmage of the Light Syndicate, he must know w Syndicate binds souls.

the Dark

Mabel stepped forward to strike up a conversation, Still, Robin gave a detached nod and pulled Daphne along, walking past her without a word.

Mabel, Donald, and the others standing

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eyes immediately cooled,

daughter of the Duke

could she be ignored by some penniless, insignificant

“This was utterly unacceptable!”

uncomfortable

snubbed and humiliated, he seized the chance to curry favor. “Mabel, I’ll drag that guy

quickly stepped in. “Donald, calm down! If you cause a scene, things could get

to high–tier warrior just last month. Beating someone like him would be a piece of cake! How dare he snub Mabel? I’ll teach him

But Ryleigh remembered wha,

her. Robin had effortlessly killed Evander and one of the Black Faith

picked a fight, Robin might kill him on the spot without

don’t be reckless! Maybe they don’t like talking to strangers,” Ryleigh said, scrambling to find

curled her

of Xylon’s breakthrough. Let’s

nobody. What’s

let’s go

and Alaric looked at Robin and Daphne’s retreating figures and then at Donald, who was trying to

muttered, “Good thing they didn’t try anything with those two. Otherwise, we’d probably be

then glanced at Daphne. Her heart felt heavy with disappointment and loss. “Ryleigh, what

strolled

quickly noticed

was crowded, very few people were actually buying

often came

man with a swollen face and a black eye shouted angrily, “Damn it! That thing was worth two Netheris coins, and they charged me two hundred!

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stormed out of a toy store with her hair a mess, clearly having been thrown our after a

“Never repurchasing anything!”

the stores run by the county office are

50 coins

the Duke’s accounting devices! Those devices are designed

everyone they passed had some similar

county–run stores really

it by Earthend’s standards. Come on,

supermarket, its entrance grand

the door, a sign

some

and Daphne walked into

were stocked with goods, and the

of water costs 20