"Please!" My victim begged. "Don't do this! What do you want? I'll give you all my money! Just please let me live!"
My knife arched downwards through their throat. They never learn. Begging doesn't help their cases.
'I'm Bethany Lloyd.'
I glance back at my victim, whose back was arched and mouth unhinged in a silent scream
'I'm an assassin. Yes. You heard me correctly. Assassin. A. S. S. A. S. S. I. N.'
My family? They know what I do. My twin brother Sebastian Lloyd does the exact same thing as me. Only he prefers guns. Our parents were killed when we were six. Right before our very eyes. As for our legal guardian, he's our uncle, Harry. He was the one who trained us to be who we are.
I walk into the house whistling. I was deep in my thoughts when I hear a deep voice interrupt the images of my parents flying around.
" Another successful mission I presume." Harry said in a dangerous tone.
"When have I ever failed you Uncle?" I counter sarcastically.
"Rome."
"You have to remind me of that, don't you?" I grin, playfully.
"Well someone has to." He chuckled in response. " Oh, and there's pizza in the kitchen."
At this my ears perked up. "Pizza?"
"Yes. Save some for Sebastian."
"I'm not making any promises."
I head in to the kitchen, and sure enough there's a box of pizza on the countertop. Ever so slowly, I begin to open it. Once it's open, I begin wolfing it down.
"I'm home." I hear Sebastian's cheerful voice.
"We know. Idiot. You make so much noise, so that announces your arrival for you."
"Hey do you have to be so –" He stops mid - sentence.
'Crap.' I think. 'He's seen my pizza.'
"Is that pizza?" He asks. Pointing to my hand, which has a slice of pizza in.
"No." Came my immediate reply.
"You can't lie to me, sister. I'm your twin." He chuckles trying to make it sound dark.
"Fine. Take the god damned pizza." I say and storm off.
"Once you have showered come back down. We need to talk." Harry orders.
"Yeah." I reply, like I had a choice.
———
I was sat on the couch reading the file of my next target.
"Randolph Stoner...." I whispered. Mainly to myself.
"Ya. That's your target's name dumdum." The annoying voice of my brother came at me.
My target was 6 foot 4 inches, had dirty-blond hair and baby blue eyes.
I was reading through the extra information when I hear...
"Ramona Stoner." It was barely audible. Best thing was it came from Sebastian.
"Yeah, idiot. That's your target's name." I replied emphasizing the word your, and snickering after.
"Whatever." He mumbled. Slapping my head.
"Can I tell you a secret?" I ask semi-seriously.
"Yeah, of course you can."
"Run." I whispered looking him in his eyes. He shot up and ran to his room to hide from me. Houmourlessly, I chuckled, and slowly walked up the stairs shouting how I was going to kill him. I was joking, but he didn't need to know that.
It was then that it hit me. Mine and Sebastian's target's names.
Randolph Stoner. Ramona Stoner.
"Seby!" I shouted my brother's nickname, so he knew it was safe.
"What's up?" He cautiously asked, as he came out of his room.
"Your target's name is Ramona Stoner. And mine is Randolph Stoner. They're siblings."
"They're more than that," We hear Harry say. "They're twins. And..." He trailed off
"And what? Don't leave us hanging!" Sebastian practically screeched.
"It's a mission 'S'." He whispered.
"They're shifters!" Sebastian and I screamed, in horror.
———
Ever since Harry told us our targets were shifters, Sebastian has been acting weird. Finally, I had him alone.
"Okay, spit it out." I say. "What's bugging you?"
"Do you think we can pull this off?"
"Dude. Of course we can. We're the Lloyd twins."
"Yeah. Thanks for that. I was being stupid wasn't I?"
"Yup."
———
"Harry, we're going!" I shout to our uncle.
"Be safe." He replies with.
"Ready, sis?"
"Can't be anymore ready."
"Good let's go." He says. "Oh. And you're driving."