Anton

When my brother orders me to kill Thora Whitlock,
there’s no hesitation.
Murder comes easy when you feel nothing.

Thora is supposed to be nothing.
The enemy’s daughter.
A woman easily erased.

So I follow her.
Study her.
Uncover all her secrets.

What I don’t expect is to speak to her.
Or watch my terrifying dog roll onto his back the second she touches him.

That should’ve been my first warning.
The second comes when I find her crying outside a bar
and do something I’ve never done before.

Bring my target home.

Thora is everything I don’t understand.
Gentle.
Stubborn.
Too brave for her own good.

And the more I touch her,
the more I realize she’s the only one
who has ever made me feel anything.

But wanting her is dangerous.
Keeping her is worse.

And when she’s taken from me,
I become the one thing I was never meant to be.
Her savior.