Twin Of Ice

PROLOGUE

It was dark as night and cold as the North Pole.Her mind barely registered it as she kept on running. She was clad in a bulky sweater and baggy jeans that obscured her feminine features. She had already taken out seven of them during the ambush in her house,but they were not the real threat.After all they were just the enforcers. What she knew she wouldn't stand a chance against were the assassins.

And she knew there were two on her trail...for now.

Knowing fully well she was a sitting duck out in the open,she aimed for a warehouse she could sight in the distance. It was at that moment that an object embedded itself in her arm and a pain she was well familiar with exploded throughout her left arm rendering it useless. Without even pausing,she felt her arm with her right and touched the throwing star stuck in her arm.

Shit! The assassins had found her! Panic grew in her. They were going to capture and kill her...if she was lucky. Knowing her luck, that probability was shitty,to say the least. She wouldn't give them the chance to torture her. Heck,she barely knew why she was wanted!

She picked up speed and faltered as another throwing star hit her in the back. She gritted her teeth in determination, ignoring the the searing and the possible fact that she would bleed to death. The assassins kept themselves hidden in the dark,leaving her at a disadvantage since she couldn't see them.

It was the third star that hit her with force and threw her off her feet to land painfully on her face. By now,her vision was getting blurry from blood loss. If she didn't die from the blood loss,then the poison-coated throwing star would definitely end her.

She must lose consciousness. They would kill her otherwise. Too late,she found herself being lifted and slumped into a chair. She felt herself growing weaker and weaker but she was able to make out voices. Two of them. And yes,they were definitely assassins.

"They know I have a 'no woman' policy. Why would they send me after her?"A deep male voice said coolly.

"You should have thought of that before you hit her with your star,"a sultry,lilting voice snapped,then added,"What's the big deal whether she's male or female?She's still just a job"

There was a deafening silence before the deep voice said,"You knew she was a woman when you told me told me to use my throwing star,didn't you?"

"It was yours that stopped her. My two stars did not stop her obviously. Let's just do what we have to do and go. The sooner this is over,the better" There was another silence before the sultry one said,"Don't you dare do it or you'll pay for it" The next thing that happened was a thud,like someone had fallen to the floor.

She tried to open her eyes and all she could see was a tall,dark figure bending over her. Her eyes closed and she was dead to the world.