Chapter 110. Sleeper. The Silencer (2)

Hellbent on vengeance and blinded to the truth by grief, King Edward finally caved to an alliance with Absconditis. Even as Killian and King Edward fought side by side in what would come to be known as The Warlandian Wars, Killian insisted upon keeping The House of Assassins away from the eyes of the world. Therein lay the makings of King Edward’s downfall. Because the more power and territory Warlanda acquired, the greater Killian’s influence over the world grew. No place in the world was safe. He had men and women everywhere. Sleeper cells embedded into every facet of society of every country. All with the same aim: to usurp the throne.

A world so dark as this did not exist without the innocence of youth. Born the first daughter of Duke Killian and Duchess Lilith Hunter, Lady Mary Hunter was nothing short of sensational. Smart and strategic like her father. Decisive, alluring and manipulative to a fault, like her mother. Killian took his son Calvin onto the battlefield, flau