Adelyn watched as the stars in the sky twinkled and sparkled. She rose up off the ground and started making her way back home. While she was walking along a small group of wolves jumped out of the bushes. They growled and bared their teeth. Adelyn started slowly walking backwards so as not to scare the wolves. She noticed that each wolf had a collar.

Just behind the wolves was a girl dressed in black. All her skin but her face was covered with black clothes showing and in the moonlight Adelyn identified the person.

"Steph? What are you doing with those wolves?" Adelyn asked

"Just taking them for a walk" Steph replied

"Why at this hour of the night?" Adelyn asked

"Because they like this time" Steph said, "I really have to go I'll see you later"

Steph ran off and made her way through the dark forest. Leading the wolves to the hidden lair she told them to wait outside. Entering the cave she took off her cape and laid it on the back of a chair. Sitting by the fire was the same man.

"I have completed my task" Steph said approaching him

"Very good my daughter" the man said, "So my brother is truly dead?"

"Yes father, I had no trouble with it either" Steph replied

"Good" her father said

Steph went back to her room and put her daggers away. Earlier at the stream she had cleaned the blood off them as she would be needing them again soon.

She sat on her bed and thought about how far she had come now. Her father had raised her here in the mountains after her mother died. He had gone mad after this and the throne was given to his brother the man she had just killed. She walked over to the small table that was in her room and picked up the photo of her and her mother. They had been riding in the palace grounds at that point and that's when she died. The horse had bucked her off and she broke her neck in the fall.

Steph now thought about how tonight's assassination had gone.

At the ball earlier...

Steph stood by the refreshment table and observed the royal family. The queen got up and joined her cousin on the dance floor. The king remained in his throne while Ryan went over to Adelyn and that guy she was dancing with.

Making her way over to the thrones she casually walked around looking at the tapestries. She pulled a piece of paper out of her hand that had details of a hidden tunnel system in the castle. In the sheet was a drawing of a red tapestry with a dragon emblem on it. She located this on the wall and walked over to it. She pulled it off the wall carefully and looked behind it.

Sure enough, on the wall was a small door. Steph pulled out a small key from her pocket. Fitting it in the lock she turned it left and pushed on the door. It swung open without a noise and she entered the small tunnel. She quietly shut and locked the door behind her and made her way down the tunnel. On the first right she came to she turned and started walking down this tunnel. She turned right once more and she approached a hard wood block. She knew she had reached the spot she needed to be in. She waited till she was certain the king was siting in his throne before prying open the hatch. The hard hatch door was actually the back of the throne that was built into the wall.

Steph heard the queen asking the king to dance and knew she had to strike now. She pulled out her daggers and made two lightning fast stabs and the Kings exposed back. When he cried out in pain she hurriedly shut the hatch and made her way back down the tunnel system. This time she took a very complicated route that took her out to the back of the stables. She climbed over the wall and ran into the forest to a small clearing where the wolves were sitting.

Now in her room...

Steph smiled cruelly, assassinating was her favourite thing to do and she silently thanked her father for being the dead kings brother. Deep down she did feel sad that she had killed her uncle but those feelings were quickly pushed aside. As she grew sleepy she went back and laid on her bed. Falling into a deep sleep almost instantly she thought about her next task.

Thank you Perhaps-a-second-chance and agent-crown for your reviews. I hope this chapter helped your confusion and I'm sorry if I repeat 'Bryce looked hurt' he is just one of those over sensitive guys. Really love hearing your reviews everyone and if u have any questions or are confused let me know and I'll undo the confusion for you. Thanks so much everyone.