"You're the guild master," said Naheer. "Take however many you want."
Alex nodded before falling out of the window. Before landing, he mouthed a few words. 'Tell the assassins to follow me but don't enter the place I'm visiting.'
Naheer shook his head at the boy's childishness but nodded in response. He couldn't refute the guild master's orders, and they seemed harmless either way. Unbeknownst to him, however, the assassins were entering the most dangerous situation in their lives.
"Follow him," muttered Naheer, and a few streaks of light shot towards Alex. "I need to go take a shower."
*
"Look who's back," the guard who'd welcomed Alex previously was stationed at the desk once again. "Anastasia is sick right now, so you have to choose someone else. I know how much you liked her."