He Hears My Silence

She's a cold-blooded killer, infamous in the underworld - poisoned mute since childhood, raised to do one thing: kill without hesitation.
He's the Grand Preceptor of the empire - powerful, untouchable, feared. He digs up secrets, breaks people open, and never lets a target slip.
Her mission: approach him under orders - and give him a single, fatal strike. His reaction: see right through her - and pull her into his world with a smile.
She thought he was her mark. The enemy. But somewhere in the silence, her heart started to betray her.
He thought he could play the game and walk away. But her quiet presence, her wordless softness - it got under his skin and stayed.
She never spoke, yet he understood every unspoken word.
He was merciless, but somehow, she couldn't hate him.
But this love? It was a setup from the very start.
And when the masks finally fell, they both realized -they were each other's lethal weaknesses ever since their very first meeting.