She packed up things for her journey. Food, a canteen of water, and also some tea to help calm her nerves.

  This mission she was on, it was dangerous! She was assigned to it by her leader, and she had to make it count.

  She crammed her belongings in her satchel and slung it over her shoulder. She pulled out her firearm to load it. She was told to load a special kind of bullet, made special for the beast she was after.

  This one wolf, was sinister!

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  Cold.

  Heartless!

  She needed to kill him....before things could get worse!

  When she finished loading the gun, she gently held it in her arms, and walked down the hall to speak with the leader. She furrowed her brows as she looked up at the man seated before her. The man, who was reading his parchment, looked down at her. "Are you ready then, Sarah?"

  She bowed her head respectfully. "I always am, sir." She brushed the red hair that tickled her nose, and covered it with her hood.

  The man nodded. "You know who you're sent to kill?"

  Sarah nodded. "Yes, sir."

  The man placed his parchment down and studied her. "Repeat the name, then, so I can know that you've done your homework."

  Sarah looked up at him with a serious gaze.

  "His name is Shadow."