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you’ll still claim you won’t be going.”
    “Claim?” She didn’t like how he stressed the word, as if he had already considered other ways of getting her on the plane.
    “My word is one thing everyone knows I don’t trifle with. If I say I’m going to do something, then consider it done, because the only thing that would stop me is my death. So unless you plan to kill me, you will be on that plane and headed to safety because I vowed to my Elders you would be.”
    Fear crept up her spine, drying her mouth, and making her palms sweat. She didn’t like where this was going, but she was going to follow it to the bitter end regardless of the consequences. “I’ll ask you again. What is your name?”
    “Styx.”
    Her legs went limp. If not for his quick reflexes, she’d have been a puddle on the tarmac. “Styx.” His name emerged in a rough whisper. The assassin.

Chapter Four
     
    Mira was still trying to wrap her head around who he was when he threw her over his shoulder and started toward the plane. Why hadn’t she seen it? He was the most respected—and the most feared—assassin of their kind. Frank’s words echoed in her mind: If he comes for you there is no way around your death. If you’re lucky he may kill you quickly, but if you anger him he’ll drawl it out until you’re begging for death. He’s a killer through and through. Never doubt that I’ll send him after anyone who betrays me.
    “Put me down!” She pounded on his back. “If you’re going to kill me, then I demand you look at me while you do it.”
    “So, we’re back to me killing you. That didn’t take long.” His disgust was clear in his words. “Seems like I never move past that with some people.”
    “That’s why you’re here. He warned me, but I didn’t listen. I don’t know how you intercepted the message, or how you knew I was a supporter of Tabitha, but it doesn’t matter now. Just get it over with. I don’t like the idea of torture, so could you make it quick?” she snapped, though her voice was beginning to tremble. “I bet Frank is paying you extra to make sure I suffer so he can show the clan what happens to those who betray him.”
    Inside the plane, he dropped her on the table close to the door so he could keep a grip on her while pulling the steps up and the door shut. “Now, listen to me. I don’t know what other lies your Alpha brainwashed you with, but I’m not here to kill you. My past might be bloodier than some, but I mean you no harm.”
    “How am I supposed to believe that?” If she had been a more powerful shifter, she could have smelled the truth on him, but she wasn’t. No one from her clan was powerful that way, and if they were they kept it to themselves because Frank would have killed anyone who showed signs of being stronger than him.
    “I’ll prove it if you promise not to open the door. Theodore is preparing the plane for takeoff. If you try to leave, you’d be walking straight into trouble.”
    “Or I could already be in trouble.”
    “If I wanted to take you somewhere else to kill you, I’d have bound you so you couldn’t escape or knocked you unconscious. I haven’t done anything like that, so give me some credit.”
    She didn’t like the sound of it, but she acquiesced. If he meant her harm, he had plenty of time. After he pulled the steps in completely, she watched her last route of escape close. Her stomach roiled. If he tried to kill her, she would have nowhere to go, especially not once they were in the air. Please don’t let this be a mistake.
    “Will you stop fretting? You’re making the air thick with your fear.” He tossed his bag on the table beside her and pulled back the flap.
    “What are you going to do?” She watched the bag, expecting him to pull out a gun or a torture device.
    “My phone screen isn’t as big as some of the new ones, so I’m grabbing my laptop. It will give you a much better view, and then you won’t suspect I’ve prerecorded the