"...does he know who I am?"

"He knows nothing of you, my lord. He believes my cousin, Master Chuonn, is the head of the snake about to strike." The assassin laughed without mirth. "But in truth, we are just its eyes."

"And its fangs," the cloaked figure added.

"Yes, and its fangs," he agreed before bowing. Without another word, the shadowed assassin disappeared back into the blackness from whence he came.

The cloaked figure remained for another ten minutes, then he too turned and vanished from the Emerileen Forest.

A Traitor's Heart

Although peace has remained within the Kingdom of Baevar during the Dragos' reign, there are some that want a change.

As the Shadows--an elite guild of deadly assassins--rise from the darkness, the opportunity for chaos and strife begins. Led by a mysterious cloaked figure, trouble spreads throughout the kingdom. Doubts and distrust surface. Friendships are strained. Loyalties are tested.

In the end, the most dangerous of enemies are those closest to the heart.