Shadow Assassin - Chapter One (Preview)
Preview of Chapter One, and the entire book. What i have so far, actually. But i decided it works as an Intro as well. Enjoy~
Chapter One: Prelude
I, Shadow Darksky, sat among the bushes in a small renaissance village near a small Borgia-controlled town. Night was falling, and a slow breeze kicked around my assassin's robes. My breath came out in quick puffs, my dark fur and clothing becoming harder and harder to see in the coming night. There was no moon.
"Where's that damned Borgia patrol," I asked myself gruffly and quietly. "It's gotta be around here somewh--" I said, but was interrupted by a metal-gloved hand grabbing the scruff of my neck, hauling me up off the ground. My tail between my legs, I was turned around, and right there in my face was a large she-grizzly.
"Right behind you, mutt." She said, gripping harder into my skin, and I felt blood flow down across my skin. "Waiting to ambush us, were you?" She said with a heavy Italian accent. "Well, looks like it didn't work so well." She sneered, unknowing that my hidden blade has slid out.
With one quick move, I made a well-placed stab in her heart, falling to the ground as her grip on me disappeared. I quickly got up and shot one of the guards with my pistol. I then drew my sword and charged at the third patrolman, and swung at him. He was fast though, being a cheetah. I apparently made him piss his pants by charging at him, and he took off running. I pulled out my crossbow, took great aim, and shot a bolt at him. It hit him in his arm, but it was enough to knock him down.
Running again, I leapt upon him and put him out of his misery with a quick slice to his neck with my hidden blade. I stood up, and around me, the village had gathered. They stared at me, eyes wide and mouths gaping. I only lifted my hand in a feeble attempt at a casual hello, before taking off, jumping up on one of the nearby roofs.
I ran along it for a few seconds, and then jumped into a bale of hay on the ground. I hid there, checking to see if it was all clear, before running off to the nearby olive plantation, where I had a hideout.