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1. To Assassinate the Need for Assassination by Aalinaaaaaa

   Fandoms: Original Work  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Fantasy
   • High Fantasy
   • Political Intrigue
   • Assassination Attempt(s)
   • duels
   • Betrayal
   • this just in: the crow lady faces an assassination attempt on her name
   • Again
   • insert that meme of ben affleck smoking on the balcony
   • that's her and The Bloodcarver
   • they're both sick of it
   • lol
   • and this happens a few decades before A Healing for the Birds!
   • Attempted Murder
   • Blood
   • Gore
   • Murder
   • (and probably the crow kind as well)
   • Trials
   • Corruption

   Summary

   Nepheret Loja-Merisoux sought his work in the shadows, plying his trade as an assassin for a variety of folk with a variety of purposes.
   One night, he receives a particular offer from a masked man in an alcove of a famed building in Namaliya, an offer of life without a need to claim another soul, and live in luxury between the machinations of the highest echelons of Helinda's political sphere.
   But when his attempt fails and lands him at the mercy of the very crow lady he tried to kill, he faces imprisonment in the Underground with only one way to attain true freedom: beat every single competing prisoner plus one High Councillor. Not a huge deal 🤷‍♀️

   Inspired by the following Flash Fiction Friday prompts:
   #292. Paper Promises
   #296. Before the Party's Over
   #305. Divine Questioning
   #289. Blinding Gaze
   #360. Stuck Inside My Head

   (More chapters will likely be added, and sometimes in the middle)

   Series

   • Part 9 of Flash Fiction Friday
   • Part 2 of This Blood-Stained Charcuterie

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,237

   Chapters:

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