Shot of Silence

Chapter 27: Extravagant Sleepwalking

It was a familiar feeling.

While it has been quite a while since he was driven to his breaking point, sincerily by his dearly beloved mentor, his body remembers this delirious state of barely concious and the upcoming danger that would normally occur afterwards.

Heath was a prince whose head wanted on a silver platter and Zephyr was not a babysitter.

Truly, their first meeting was more of a mix of luck and circumstances at best.

She was renowned for her unparalleled skills, standing out among her peers as the deadliest among The Umbranox. That's why people were glad to know that unlike the other members of the group, she was the only one who had never truly had a pupil before him. Not because she wouldn’t, but rather because those ignorants chose to spare their own lives rather than die at the hands of their own mentor. The only reason why Heath was able to survive her brutal ways was none other than his sharp survival instinct, honed from having his own life threatened on a daily