"A heart that has never felt love can become a weapon sharper than any blade."
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He was 21. Cold. Silent. Broken.
Aiden had no past. No real name. No family. He was raised by people who knew only how to take lives, not give meaning to them. To them, he was perfect — trained from childhood to obey, to complete any task without hesitation.
And now, they gave him a mission:
"Eliminate Elena Rivers. Age 19. Only daughter of the Rivers noble family."
No questions asked. No reason given. Just another name on his list.
He accepted.
But the moment he saw her…
His hands hesitated.
She was different.
Elena smiled at the orphans playing in the garden. She handed food to the poor at the church gates. She gave warmth in a world that had never shown him any.
For the first time… Aiden's hands trembled.
That night, standing in the shadows near her window, blade ready…
His vision blurred.
He cried.
Tears. Real ones.
He didn't understand why. No one had ever taught him how to feel.
And then, he whispered in the dark:
"I'll give you seven days. Seven days to live. And then… I'll do what I was sent to do."
But he didn't know…
Those seven days would change everything.
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End of Chapter 1
🖤 To be continued…