The City's Dark Jewel

[Nhysa]

If her contract ever terminated, she imagined she would be too, in the very literal sense. Death didn’t frighten her, though she by no means desired that end to come about any time soon. Still, the quirk of her smile suggested she’d have rather taken the wolves than the mundane task before her. No complaints though, even if Li had been someone she could have complained to. They swapped information, and the smile on his face sparked one of her own as she said goodbye. Of course, if he knew where she was going and what she would be doing, that smile might not have been so bright.