He wheels around on his heels, stalking across the walkway to the stairs. Mixing with the people was never supposed to be a part of this. My job was to be the distraction so Master wouldn’t get caught. This wasn’t the plan-we were supposed to kill them from the balcony and escape.

He pulls the weapon back, returning it to its hiding place. His betrothed stands next to him, now obscured by the group of well-wishers.Ĭhange of plans, Master murmurs. His son isn’t half bad either-his smile is radiant as I look at him through my master’s scope, the target falling directly on the prince’s chest.Ī group of people surrounds him, congratulating him on his impending nuptials. He’s gorgeous in his tuxedo, smiling at the crowd, waving to his subjects. It’s entirely possible that I made the wrong choice coming here tonight. Howard's Splintered, and Cordelia Castle's The Magestaff. Perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer's Cinder, A.G. It's hard to recognize a woman when she uses technology to change her appearance, but Cindrillis going to use that to her full advantage as she destroys the prince. When Cindrillruns into the prince the next day without her nanobot mask on, he doesn't recognize her, but immediately decides her skills will be useful on his hunt for the would-be-assassin woman who nearly killed his father and his fiancée the night before.īoth are tasked with the job of murdering the other, but things don't quite go as they had planned when Cindrill's master and Davian's fiancée interfere as the two try to decide whether or not to kill the other. The nanobots Cindrill's master gives her to use as a mask allow her to slip into the ball wearing a face that isn't hers, but when the assassination attempt goes sideways, Prince Davin doesn't understand why her face changes when he injures her, slicing her foot open around a unique pair of shoes as she runs away. Cinderella is an assassin out to murder the prince… but he's hunting her too.

Jaded by K.M. Robinson