by tlemon3
Some weapons are forged. Some are born. Nyra is neither. She is something older — a wolf bound to Kael's soul, her form shifting with every blade he draws. One creature split between flesh and steel. When he summons the Blue Dagger she becomes shadow. When he draws the Black she becomes frost. When he carries both, she disappears entirely into the steel — and what moves through his hands is no longer just him. Kael has spent eight years as the guild's most effective assassin and three contracts away from walking away from all of it. A quiet life. Enough coin. Somewhere without rope bridges and masked faces and the weight of everyone else's secrets. Then he finds a symbol on a dead man's chest. The same symbol carved into a cabin door. The same symbol tattooed on the wrists of men who were waiting for him by name. Three points make a pattern. Someone burned his home to the ground to make sure he'd follow it north. He should have left when he had the chance. An Assassin of Ice and Shadow is a dark fantasy series following an assassin and his soul-bonded wolf through conspiracy, identity, and the slow unravelling of everything he thought he knew about himself. Updates weekly. This is my first time publishing fiction and I'm genuinely enjoying the process of building this world. I'm writing the rest of the book as I go, so if something resonates with you or something doesn't land, I'd love to hear it in the comments. Early readers shape where a story goes more than they know. Thanks for giving it a chance.
