““But it wouldn’t let her. “What am I supposed to do?” she asked bitterly. “Stay imprisoned here, waiting for the next assassin to come in and kill me? Why not just bomb this building and have done with it?” Nykyrian didn’t so much as twitch a muscle as he responded in his low, unwavering voice, “League rules.” Kiara stiffened in confusion. “What?” “The League forbids a free-assassin to destroy a housing building to get to one, single target.” She laughed at the absurdity of the idea of paid killers adhering to something so simplistic. “You mean assassins actually have rules to follow? Why should someone who kills for a living give a sneeze about some League ordinance?””
