Melody of Blood and Night
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"When destiny calls, you cannot outrun it."
Nineteen-year-old Aedlyn is about to find out just how true that is.
Being the most feared assassin in the Kingdom of Caestros, for her, normal is slipping into the midday crowds unnoticed and jumping rooftops under the night sky.
But she harbours a dangerous secret, one that could unravel her life, and when an assassination goes awry, she unveils a dangerous truth that threatens to destroy everything thing she holds dear, unless...she risks it all.
With her best friend, whose lazy grin gives her butterflies and the Crown Prince of Caestros who never fails to make her heart race with his amethyst gaze; by her side, will she be able to save the Kingdom and her heart in time?
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