ley

e it had scraped against the rock. I stripped off my jacket,

mirror, my resolve hardened. Cornelius's

inally clicked. The Twilight Syndicate, the most notorious assassin

to assassins? And what

information broker, Rhys . "Investigate Cornelius. All movements for the pas

haustion hit me. A direct confrontation

arrived. They had sent my wedding dress and an invitation-no, a summo

It was clear. Cornelius want

hat I wanted, after all. To get inside I

tate was shrouded in a grim atmosphere. The buildings were made of black stone, a

e. Her face was a mask of rigid formality as she explained the rules of

artha informed me that Lord Cornelius was f

More likely he was dealing with the afte

e. Suddenly, I heard it. A soft, suppres

aring was sharper than

acting up. Thi

ial from my medicine case. It contained a p

pushed his door

ius was on his knees, his body wracked with tremors. On the back of his left han

rkness, his gray eyes were like those of a dyi

spicion intensified. "Get out

is side, knelt, and spoke ca

nstantly cut through the room's stagnant air

e Dragon's might inside him, uncontrolled due to the pain, was lashing out,

in. He snatched the vial and d

black energy receded from hi

ed at me, his eyes filled with a new kind of shock and

n at him, a mysterious

I said, introducing myself as if for the first time. "Y

r. "And as your wife, isn't it my duty to hel

his stunned and suspicious ga

cion had been planted. He would investiga

ldwell, the headmaster of the Blackwood Knight Academy. As Pharmacist X,