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.

left Mabel, Donald, and the others standing there,

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eyes immediately cooled,

was the daughter of the

she be ignored by some

“This was utterly unacceptable!”

had already felt uncomfortable watching Mabel approach

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

If you cause

just last month. Beating someone like him would be

But Ryleigh remembered wha,

her. Robin had effortlessly killed Evander and one of the Black Faith Order’s Guardians. The remaining three guardians were forced to

Robin might kill him on the spot without

talking to

curled her lips. “Forget

celebration of Xylon’s breakthrough.

nobody. What’s

on, let’s go

figures and then at Donald,

two. Otherwise, we’d probably be looking at three corpses

with disappointment and loss. “Ryleigh, what are you standing around for? Let’s

and Daphne strolled past the market

quickly noticed

the marketplace was crowded, very few people were actually

purchases often came out of shops covered in

worth two Netheris coins, and they charged me two hundred! Even pulled out some decree from the county office as

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

“Never repurchasing anything!”

stores run by the

50 coins for

they developed it using the Duke’s accounting devices! Those devices are

passed had some

are these county–run stores really that shady?” Daphne

chuckled. “This place is discased. You can’t judge it by Earthend’s standards.

a supermarket, its entrance grand

a sign read. Hunderra’s First

grab some water,”

and Daphne walked into the

goods,

bottle of water costs