A pretty kind of deadly
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Delilah Kline lives a double life.
By day, she's the quiet girl slipping out the back door of her grandmother's bakery.
By night, she's the kind of precision the underworld pays for, an assassin with steady hands, colder instincts, and a reputation for leaving nothing behind but silence.
She doesn't flinch.
She doesn't question.
She doesn't miss.
But when she's paired with Alias Gried, the sharp, infuriating heir to the powerful company that controls her contract, routine turns unpredictable. Their assignment starts as just another mission... until they uncover something they were never meant to see.
Suddenly, orders feel wrong.
Shadows move differently.
And the people pulling the strings don't look so untouchable anymore.
As her world begins to fray, Lila finds herself facing the one thing she's never been trained for:
Questions.
Who can she trust?
What is she really killing for?
And if every life has a price...
What's hers worth?
In the quiet between heartbeat and trigger pull, truths have a way of bleeding through.
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