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Assassins Heart
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Monica Burns
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2010
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The past and present collide in a thrilling new paranormal romance from the author of Assassins Honor. The half-angel, half-demon face that telepathic Lysander sees in the mirror is a reminder of the monster he must keep hidden to avoid expulsion from an order of assassins. His dreams of ancient Rome hint at a destiny with a woman he loves, but can never have. When the gifted healer Phaedra travels to Rome in search of a legendary artifact, she works alongside a man who once rejected her love and healing touch. But her dreams of Ancient Rome tell of an irreversible and possibly dangerous future. For the distant past and present are about to collide-with the one man she is destined to love.

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Table of Contents

Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21

Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28

PRAISE FOR MONICA BURNS AND HER NOVELS

OF CUTTING EDGE ROM ANCE

This sizzling hot historical and its compelling characters will leave you panting for

more! Monica Burns writes with sensitivity and panache. Dont miss this one!

Sabrina Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author

[Monica Burnss] excellent love scenes and bold romance will have readers clamoring
for more.
Romantic Times

A cinematic, compelling, and highly recommended treat! Sylvia Day, national bestselling author

The love scenes are emotion-filled and wonderfully erotic Enough to make your toes
curl.
TwoLips Reviews

Elegant prose, believable dialogue, and a suspenseful plot that will hold you
spellbound.
Emma Wildes

Historical romance with unending passion.
The Romance Studio

Wow. Just wow. Fallen Angel Reviews

A satisfying read, complete with intrigue, mystery, and the kind of potent sensuality that
fogs up the mirrors.
*A Romance Review

Monica Burns is a new author I must add to my required reading category
Everything I look for in a top-notch romance novel.
Romance Reader at Heart

Blazing passion. Romance Junkies

Berkley Sensation titles by Monica Burns

KISMET

Order of the Sicari Novels

ASSASSINS HONOR ASSASSINS HEART

For Beverly Castellano
You loved the concept of my Sicari heroes.
I only wish you could have seen them come to life on the page.
You are greatly missed.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

With gratitude to Kati Dancy for her meticulous attention to detail and her demand for excellence. A special thanks to Ida Plassay for continuing to tutor me in Italian, and Maria Rosa Contardi for answering questions about Romes current landscape, as well as her expertise in Italian and Latin. And a nod of gratitude to Billi J. Jones-DiMatteo, Nicole Burnham, Joyce Tenney, Lynne Connolly, and Binnie Syril (a network connection goddess). I couldnt have made the climax scene in the Pantheon realistic without each of your observations about this incredible monument.

Chapter 1

CHICAGO A YEAR AGO

LYSANDER woke to screams. Pain was the next signal he was still alive. The cut on his thigh ached with the force of a charging bull ramming a horn into him. The screams intensified. They sounded like an animals high-pitched squeals of terror and pain. His gut twisted. Dominic? Or Peter? He instantly reached out with his mind, and tried to figure out how many Praetorians were in the other room. Not a single emotion or thought.

Christus, how long had he been out? His telepathic ability had never been that strong, but at least he should have been able to know how many of the bastardi were out there. A salty taste on his tongue said his mouth was full of blood. He spit it out onto the floor and opened his eyes. The darkened room was not much bigger than a storage room. Nylon rope bound his wrists, pulling his arms up over his head in a painful stretch. He tugged on his restraints gently.

Merda, he hurt. How long had he been hanging here? The screams on the other side of his prisons door rose on a wild crescendo until they died down to low piteous cries. Praetorians had refined their torture skills during the Inquisition. Technology had just updated those skills. A cold, vicious bite of unfamiliar emotion tried to surge through him. He suppressed it.

No one survived Praetorian torture sessions, and the remains of the Sicari hed seen said theyd died agonizing deaths. He closed his eyes in a desperate attempt to shut out those gruesome images. Think about something else. Phaedra. The ugly emotion building inside him eased slightly. Deus, she had a gorgeous mouth. And her hair. Soft as silk. Threading his fingers through that dark silk last night last night. He winced as grief lashed at him. Maybe the Elysium Fields would let him re-create those incredible moments with her as often as he wanted.

Beside him, a soft whimper of fear forced him to turn his head. Marta. A few feet away, he saw his healer tied to the wall. Praise Jupiter, at least she was still alive. In the next breath, he remembered what happened to healers. Guilt gnawed at him with savage glee.

Marta?

Im scared, Lysander. The terror in her voice almost made him give in to his own fear.

I know, cara.

They took Peter first.

It was a simple statement, meant only to inform, but it sent more guilt slicing through him. This was his fault. He should have known something was wrong the minute they entered the warehouse.

Marta

Let it go, Lysander. Youre not to blame. Her forgiveness ate away at him, but he ignored it.

Were getting out of here. His fingers explored the knot of nylon holding his wrists together in a painful grip. Sailors knot. Immediately, he visualized the rope slipping apart in opposite directions until it released him. Nothing happened. In the near darkness, he saw Marta turn her head toward him.

It wont work. The words were a quiet sigh of defeat. They gave the three of you some type of drug to suppress your telekinetics. Dominic tried to free himself all the way up to the last minute, but he couldnt. Were going to die here.

No. The Praetorians wouldnt let her die. She was breeding stock.

He buried the thought and returned his attention to the rope holding him hostage. Closing his eyes, his fingers helped him memorize the way the rope was tied. The screams in the other room gained momentum again, and almost as if they came from a distance, he heard Dominics thoughts. A whisper more than anything else. Nothing clear. The drug had to be wearing off. But would it wear off in time to get him and Marta out of here?

The thought heightened his desperation to free himself. There wasnt anything he could do for his friend, but maybe he could get Marta out of here. Save her from a fate worse than what he would end up enduring. Even knowing that didnt make it easy to shut out the screams.

Almost as if she could read his thoughts, her fear vibrated through the room like an instrument being played with a wild fury. It reinforced his belief that his abilities were returning. He focused his attention on the knot, concentrating hard on mentally undoing the twisted fibers.

Dominics screams grew louderbouncing off the walls of the room at a frightening level. A sickening dread clawed at him. Concentrate. His friend was as good as dead. He had to focus on getting Marta out of this torture chamber. Overhead, he felt a slight movement in the rope.

Triumph rolled through him. He wanted to tell Marta, but he didnt. It would be cruel to raise her hopes only to see them crushed if he didnt succeed in time. The thought made him work harder. The rope nudged its way free a tiny bit more. In the back of his mind, he heard Phaedras voice whispering encouragement.

He was certain it was a figment of his imagination, but it bolstered his courage in a way nothing else could. Hed be damned if he was going to lose her, just when hed found her. He turned his attention back to the rope, only to sense what seemed to be Phaedras fears for him. Impossible. He knew full well it was simply his mind compensating for the pressure he was under right now. The mind did strange things when it was under stress.

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