The Captain and the Assassin

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Secret plots, forbidden love, power struggles, betrayal . Bernard Cavendish has one mission: Kill King Algernon, the ruler over the vast, sprawling land of Caberford. It seems simple enough. Bernard has killed before, and this time, it's personal. The King will die if it's the last thing Bernard does. But even the best laid plans can be foiled, and when the Captain Royal Guard catches Bernard skulking about the castle, he's trapped. Captain Maxim Hildebrand tosses him into the dark, dreary dungeons where wrongdoers go to rot, and where the guards lord their power over prisoners every chance they get. Captain Hildebrand is stern, cold, and calculated. Bernard's best attempts to get under his skin lead him nowhere — until a dangerous encounter with another prisoner lands Bernard in the infirmary. Those short few days are enough for Bernard to crack Captain Hildebrand's tough exterior, and for the first