Night took over the sky and everyone was quietly sleeping in their respective dorms.

I had just finished changing into a black hoodie and dark leggings. The black ribbon was still tied tightly around my high ponytail. I was out of my disguise, my nerd glasses set on my working desk.

I picked up the Renai's red ring and placed it firmly on my left, pointer finger. I was going to return it back to its original owner.

I figured a gun would leave too much of a stain. It would be bothersome to clean up.

Knife it was. It gets the job done cleanly.

I'd been resetting the alarm above my door all night so that I could escape silently in the middle of the night.

Taking one last look around my room, I opened my door and quietly slipped out.

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My sneakers made a lot of noise, I realized now that I'm alone and sneaking around.

Sighing to myself, I took them off and placed it in the girl's bathroom before continuing down the hallway.

The boy's dorms were all the way around the academy on the opposite end.

It was a long walk in the dark.

Axel had sent me Liam's bio and I had read and reread them over and over again after a great deal of him hacking into the school's records and the Renai's organization.

It included his room number and the password to his door.

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This was it. It was the door.

I reached blindly to the lock and typed in his password.

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It worked!

I smiled as the lock clicked silently and the door opened up. I walked inside carefully and quietly closed the door behind me.

It was completely dark, but it wasn't the room that intrigued me.

It was the smell of metal that was suddenly apparent in the air.

I frowned upon realizing there was no breathing in the room except for my own muffled ones.

I walked to what I assumed was the bed and bent down. My eyes were adjusting to the darkness, but all I could see were the crinkled sheets on the bed.

There was no body in it.

Suddenly, there were a series of noises.

I had jumped back from the bed and turned around to a dagger thrown at my head. My back arched back as I caught a peek at the dark figure that was in the room with me.

Blue eyes. Black cloak.

It was the hooded figure from yesterday that had given Allison the ring. Aka, Liam.

He threw two punches at me and I barely escaped them as my socks slipped around on the floor.

I threw a high kick at him and he grabbed my foot, tossing me with great force onto the bed.

He strides to the wall that the dagger had pierced through and as he turned around, I threw my socks at him.

What, I needed them off.

That took him off guard as he held his dagger high and growled in my direction.

Scooting back on his bed, my knife was held in front of me with one hand as the other felt its way on the bed so that I don't suddenly fall off the edge.

Liam charges at me and I raise my upper half a bit to meet him as we both held our weapons at each other's throats.

Not liking his body almost towering over mine, I growled lowly, "Get off."

I still couldn't see his face, but I could tell he made a smug look as he pounced forward on the bed and was now completely over me, my head and upper body being pushed down due to the force.

"Move the knife, kitten" he replied, "Then I'll think about it."

It was a different voice from the Liam that I knew.

I scoffed in his face as my blade shined a reflection under his chin, "Do you think I'm stupid? Or are you dumb."

He was about to throw a punch to the side of my face instead, but I felt the movement and lifted my leg.

We both froze as he felt the presence of my leg near his lower part and I as the fist was about to make contact with my skull.

"Not only will I slice your throat but I'll kick that wiener off," I snapped lowly once I'd gotten his attention, my body tense as my eyes glared daggers into the hood, "If I'm dying you're coming with-"

Suddenly, a bright light turned on, making the both of us shut our eyes before jerking them back open.

"What's all this ruckus," came I voice I was familiar with.

Liam.

My face scrunched up in confusion as I stared up at the now visible face underneath the hood as my whole body laid below him.

Bright blue eyes. Dirty blonde hair that was swept to the side.

It was not Liam.

The new boy stared back at me with slightly wide eyes before snapping out of his thoughts and pressed his blade closer to my throat. I could feel the cold metal itching to rip my skin apart.

There was a small growl from him before the other boy (at this point I don't know who was Liam and who wasn't) that had entered the scene say, "Kai, she's a classmate."

Nevermind, he was Liam.

Said Kai looked away from me and to the wall opposite of my line of vision.

"Bruh," Kai replied irritated, "she came in with a knife and its at my throat!"

"You came at me first," I defended in my confusion, glaring up at the boy who ignored me.

Liam sighed, "I'll explain after the weapons are down."

I frowned as Kai glanced back down at me with a hateful look.

"I'm not taking my dagger away. She has her leg next to my baby-maker."

Gritting my teeth, I slowly lowered the leg but didn't avert my eyes from his face.

We both pulled away our weapons and I pushed him off of me.

I spun around to meet eye to eye with the boy with black hair and blue eyes.

"What is going on," I asked, frowning at Liam. He was shirtless and seemed to just come out of the shower with shorts on. His hair was slightly wet and had already drip a small puddle beneath him.

I looked away as my eyes traveled to his well-kept six packs.

Liam raised his eyebrows as he leaned on the door frame of the bathroom, his arms casually crossing.

"I should be asking you," he replied in a different tone than I was used to, the one he used during class, "What are you doing in my room?"

I frowned at the boy as he tilted his head as a way to urge me to speak.

"I'm doing my job," I spat as I sat on my knees on his bed.

"To seduce me while I sleep?" he commented slyly, smirking afterwards.

"In your stupid ass dreams."

"I don't dream, I create them."

I rolled my eyes as I knew he referred to him being someone girls would dream of.

"So this is your true personality," I said, looking at him thoroughly, "I'm kind of sad."

Again, avoiding the abs.

Suddenly, the boy started laughing.

I kept a steady gaze on him, "What."

"Don't tell me," he let out, his form trying to control his laughter, "You actually liked the other Liam?"

Hell no.

"Stop thinking so greatly of yourself. You'll only regret it," I snapped, glaring at the boy as he stopped laughing and met my eyes with a fake smile.

"You like those types of losers? The weird, buddy type? Prince Charming?" he asked amused, running a hand through his partially wet jet-black hair.

"I have a knife, Carter."

Liam stopped and smiled at me, "So you do. And apparently a bomb as well."

The other boy had found himself a seat and spoke up, "I don't remember giving it to you, kitten."

I looked over at him as he eyed me in his rolling chair.

"You gave it to Allison. I didn't have a choice but to take it from her," I replied, looking down at the shiny, red ring.

Wait. So Liam wasn't the assassin? This Kai person was? But obviously they were close, so there were two assassins?

"How long have you known about me," I directed at Liam, eyeing him hard.

No one should have been able to access my real information.

Liam shrugged as he stared at me with a blank expression, "Since the first day I was here."

I frowned, "Who told you," I continued, "I haven't been in contact with anyone for a long time."

"Actually," Liam started, shifting his weight a bit on his legs, "You did."

"You know damn well I didn't. I'm not that stupid."

He was delusional and hiding something. I knew for certain I never talked to him about my true identity, much less even talked to him.

"Who's Axel," Liam lightly asked, tilting his head at me with a smirk.

My eyes widened as I heard him say the name.

"How do you kno-"

And I finally understood.

That day...

Usually, I would've walked around the whole area up here to get the breeze running through me. But today, I just felt like staying in one little area.

"You were on the roof?" I exclaimed, lifting my body off of the bed.

Liam raised his eyebrows at me and his expression turned into a small smug smile, "Small coincidence. But I found out something valuable."

I silently cursed at myself for not doing my routinely walk-around on the school's roof.

"And," Liam continued, "I realized that you took care of the ring I gave to Allison after I saw the black ribbon in your hair today."

"It smelled like metal," I commented, closing my eyes and feeling defeat for not noticing the boy on the roof.

Liam smirked at me, "Bravo. You should become a detective."

I instantly opened my eyes and glared at him, "I fucking hate you."

I'm not going to lie, his sudden personality switch caught me off guard and I wasn't too comfortable about getting used to this new Liam.

"What a pity," he responded as he got off of the door frame and walked towards me. I leaned back as he bent down once he reached me so that our two faces were right in front of each other's.

"I actually like this you," he continued, his minty breath hitting my skin, "No more stuttering, weak Jamie."

I had to silently agree in my head. I liked this me too. For two years, I had to hide my true self. It felt good not pretending anymore.

"Uhem," Kai interrupted, faking a cough in his fist.

Liam was first to direct his eyes away from me and up to his friend.

I followed after and said while looking at the blonde haired boy, "Who is he? What is he doing in your room? Don't tell me you're actually-"

Liam rolled his eyes as he and Kai shared a glance at each other.

"Jamie, meet Kai Bennet. Kai, meet Jamie Lennon," Liam started, "Jamie's a classmate. She's undercover as well, a well known sniper from the R.U., although you have to do a great deal of hacking to find that out.

Jamie, Kai's my friend. He's the one that I ordered to give Allison the ring that should've blown up in her room tonight."

"Tonight?" I exclaimed, "It's already so late. Shouldn't it have gone off by now?"

"Do you want it to go off," Liam lamely asked as he looked down at me.

I glanced down at the ring and took it off, tossing it to him as he caught it neatly in his palms.

"Kai, reset it," he said, tossing the ring to the boy sitting in the chair.

Kai caught it and let out a small sigh before before he spun the chair in place so that he faced Liam's working desk.

My eyes lingered on the back of the boy's head before I turned back to Liam as I felt wet, cold drops of water land on my legging and seep through to my leg.

"You're lucky we don't want to die," Liam commented, getting up and backing away from me. He returned to the bathroom and grabbed a towel to dry his hair.

I watched the two men work silently as I tried to process the situation and ended up just putting my knife away into the big pocket of my black hoodie.

"Why were you taking a shower in the dark," I blurted out awkwardly, looking at Liam. I remembered not seeing any light in the room when I entered it.

"Why not," he casually replied, "In my type of field, I do best in the dark.

I was surprised at how relaxed the atmosphere was all of a sudden. Not what I had expected from assassins.

I was a little disappointed.

Just a little.

"Why didn't you come earlier," I asked, "And what do you want with Allison? She's just a normal girl."

"We were on other missions, of course," Kai came in, still working on the ring, "This one could wait. I mean, the girl ain't going anywhere soon."

The hateful truth in his words hurt me.

"The Frances girl's father is a world famous business owner. He manages a lot of companies and uses his power to gain loyalty and money. We just need his daughter as a bait to make him come to us quickly on his knees."

"So you want money," I stated in conclusion.

Liam rolled his eyes at my simple comment, "It's not like money grows on trees. We have to gather them from somewhere."

"And why are you telling me this? I know I asked but I didn't think you'd be that dumb," I said, eyeing him, "We're enemies."

"Because," Liam began, "It's a fair warning for you to stay out of my way."

His eyes grew serious as his form stood his ground, "Talks aside, take it as a 'sorry' for making you wait two years. You'll do well from now on to keep out of my work."

"And if I don't," I tested him, frowning at his sudden tone.

"I'll be forced to kill you."

I scoffed, "Kill me? Let's see you try. Don't forget my position, Carter. I'm a sniper. I can sense a gun pointed at me from a mile away."

Liam suddenly grinned as he stared at me, "You may sense it, but what if I said there was a way for you to let your guard down and, I don't know, trust me?"

I glared at the boy as I tried to process what he said. When I finally understood what he meant, I deepened my expression at him.

"You're speaking bullshit."

Liam smirked as he kept his gaze on me while my eyes averted away from him, looking elsewhere in the room besides his face.

"Fall in love with me, Jamie Lennon."

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