Innocent

~3~Azalea

Once I get back to the corner of our alley I take off my boot and throw it at Prim's head, she easily dodges it, well, at least I taught her that.

"What the fuck were you doing taking to a soldier of the king? You were caught, I told you not to talk to anyone because you don;t have enough control over your facial expressions. If I wasn't so close he would have caught you, do you even know who that fucking was?"

"I didn't want to talk to him he just showed up and started asking questions about a man named Nyx. I let the smallest emotion slip and he noticed, no normal person would even be able to see. I don't know who he was but I know he was a highly trained soldier." she responds calmly.

"That was Xki, the highest ranking soldier in the king's army, of course he has the best fucking training ever."

She has a pensive expression, "I thought your were the highest trained soldier. That also means that they were trained by the ki-"

I cut her off, "We don't speak of him remember. He ruined my life and he's ruining the lives of the people too."

"Didn't you say you met him the other night? You said he asked for your name." she adds.

I take off my other boot and throw it at her again, "Yes, I did meet him. Yes, I did give him my name. What of it?"

"So he knows who you are, you gave him your name, didn't you say that yo-" she can't just shut-up.

"That names have power." I finish for her, "Which is why I gave him my first name that no one calls me by. I gave you my middle name, Nyx. There are only three, now four, people that call me Azalea. It shouldn't be a problem." I add a final tone.

She continues, "Do you think the people will tell?"

Her question is valid, "No, I don't after everything I have most of their trust, but I don't even know where they would get the idea that I'm a man." I make a pff sound, "Do people not believe that women are capable of killing, we're no all fragile. It should give me the advantage though."

I turn towards the street and begin walking. I hear the quick sound of a whir, I half turn my body and put my hand up at the last second in order to catch the boot Prim threw at the back of my head, "Decent throw, needs little more work." I say while bending to put my boot back on.

"Seriously, how did he train you to have such quick reflexes?" she asks.

"My mother taught me that actually." I say pushing back memories.

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I find Xki very quickly. They are not being very stealth about why they're here. I can hear him asking each person if they know where I am, but each person says that they have only heard of me. The people of this town know what I do, even the children, but they know why I do it. Do I want to be a killer, no. Was this what I was originally trained for, yes. It's in my blood, I was always meant to kill, I just am killing for the opposite side now.

I stop one of the people he stopped, "Do you know where he's staying?" I say in a low whisper.

"He said that if I see anything unusual to ask the people at the inn to see him." the young girl said.

"Shukran" I say turning to leave.

"Oh, and Nyx." I stop and turn to her, "I didn't say anything about you." I give her a small smile. "Umm. Also.." she looks around as if to see if anyone is listening, "...there's a new soldier on patrol, he has a silver ring on his left pinky." she finishes nervously.

It's only then that I notice the faint bruise around her neck, "I'll keep that in mind, thank you."

I return to the alley with a formed plan. I wait 'till Prim returns to tell her the plan for the next day.

It's dark at night when I leave for the border of the town. I hide in the underbrush of the forest. I look and find what I was seeking. I stand straight and double check everything is in place before I walk out into the open.

Innocent face activated. "Oh my, I seem to be very lost." I say hoping to catch the guard's attention. It works, shocker.

"Do you need direction, little miss?" he says in a sleezy voice.

I see the glint of silver on his left pinky. Bingo. "Yeah, I was wondering if you are married?"

He looks pleased, "No, it's hard to have a wife when I'm always on duty. Why would you like to know?"

He thinks he knows what I'm gonna say but he really doesn't, "Oh, I was just asking to check and see if anyone is going to miss you when you're dead." I flash him a smile as I watch his face fall.

He has the audacity to try and put me in a choke hold, "You motherfucker." I say as I throw him to the ground, "I want to give you a slow death but I have some people on my ass and can't afford for them to hear your screams and cries. Pity, I was thinking of holding my hands to your neck like this," I say as I put my hands on his neck, "then I was going to watch as I squeeze the life out of you." I put a little pressure on his neck, then release. I lean down to whisper in his ear, "You little fucker got off easy." I say before I take out my knife and slide it across his neck. 

I wipe the blood on his shirt and put it back in it's sheath as I walk back to the alley waiting for dear Xki to see what I can do.

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A/N

I liked writing this chapter, I like violence. I'm going to write some more chapter with more blood, but I'm not sure on how savage I should make Nyx/Azalea.