Those eyes… Those devil eyes; they pierced into me like bullets, making it difficult to breathe. Approaching me, he unraveled the scarf that I’d used to bring his life to an end.
Or so I thought I did.
“That wasn’t very nice, m’dear,” he crooned. “Indulge me with a night of passion, then kill me in my slumber… Tsk, tsk.”
“What the hell are you?” I asked, my voice shaky as I backed away from him.
“I have a better question. Who sent you to kill me, assassin?”
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