When two assassins from opposing agencies are accidentally assigned the same target, they’re thrust into a shadowy conspiracy far bigger than either of them imagined. Forced to work together to uncover the truth, their uneasy alliance gradually shifts—from reluctant rivals to unexpected allies. Mattia Thirst for blood is intergenerational. The screams trapped within my memories lulled me to sleep. The color of freshly exposed flesh and rivers of blood was what I envisioned at the end of each day. My eighteenth birthday was the greatest day of my life. An adult. A man. Initiation. Ren I have no choice. I shower. Bathe away any leftover sins from the night before. Get out. Dry off. Force down a protein shake. Get dressed. Tell myself I’ll make it through another day—whether I want to or not. Then, I leave my dead mother’s house and report for my shift in hell.