The Assassin and the Prince: A Humorous Paranormal Fantasy

By Ronda Del Boccio

BOOK DESCRIPTION

A fun futuristic feline-human adventure novella set in space!

Aree is a feisty Feline with a capital F. She is full of spunk and "cattitude"...and she's a well-trained assassin who takes on the job of protecting a pampered prince named Crispin who wants to go on vacation.

Human-Feline relations are tense at best, and Crispin puts both himself and Aree in serious danger because he won't do what she asks him to do to keep safe.

This space-opera adventure is full of fun, quirky characters, and even a few things we humans back on earth might learn from the tail...uh...tale.

This story is included in my anthology When Assassins and Allies Conspire, and it is a favorite!

About the Author:

Ever since I was a toddler, I’ve told stories. I made up skits and plays while playing with my stuffed animals, all with no involvement from my parents. I could entertain myself for hours! At that young age, I wanted to have a way to catch those stories and keep them in a treasure box.

As a child, I was mercilessly bullied in school for being blind and being different. How I laugh, because the “you’re so weird” qualities about which kids teased me during those 12 years of torture known as school are now my livelihood. Oh how I LOVE my 2-minute commute past the coffee pot (to make a latte).

Now, I am a bestselling and award-winning author, and I have helped hundreds of authors around the world become #1 bestselling authors using simple systems for how to write a book and get published, and of course how to leverage the power of that book to live on purpose and follow your bliss. Being an author mentor and book writing coach is fun!

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Ronda Del Boccio
• Release date: Mar 31, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311419842

Ronda Del Boccio

Ronda Del Boccio is a blind author living in rural Missouri with her gorgeous golden retriever Leader Dog Jemma. She is the award-winning and Amazon bestselling author of The Peace Seed: Personal and Global Transformation through Storytelling, The Story of Impact, and I’ll Push You Steer: The Definitive Guide to Stumbling Through Life with Blinders On. Her short stories, poems and articles appear in over two dozen anthologies across four continents. She has also won awards for her singing, teaching, cooking, and translation of a medieval cookbook. As you can tell, her interests are diverse. Anything she wants to do or experience, she makes happen. Connect with her at http://writeonpurpose.com/read

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The Assassin and the Prince

A fun futuristic feline-human adventure

By Ronda Del Boccio

www.WriteOnPUrpose.com

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The Assassin and the Prince

The Inspiration for the Story

This is the Story Behind the Story: The Assassin and the Prince

The heroine of this story and some of the action literally came to me in a dream. I got up and wrote everything down as fast as I could, then wrote the story. Naturally, I added more characters and more situations for them to face.

My next collection will contain a continuation of this story, starting a few months after what you are about to read. I just love Aree’s character and also the inter-species tension in this story.

My cat Tica, who is was full of cattitude, is the inspiration for the Feline character, Aree. Tica spent 20 years with me before crossing the Rainbow Bridge.

The Assassin and the Prince

As he read the computerized text of the ancient tale, he imagined himself a knight of King Arthur's round table fighting for honor and following the Code of Chivalry. Life was an endless series of meetings, audiences, and royal duties. The door chime sounded, and he reluctantly set his e-book machine aside. He could hear the annoyance ringing through the tone. Mother.

Before he could open his mouth to call out, the chime sounded again and Mother entered with a soft whoosh of satin. She frowned as she scanned his suite. She was going to launch into one of her speeches about responsibility or how he must prepare to take the yoke of rule upon his shoulders.

Crispin, why is there an unsheathed sword on your bed?

He jumped to his feet. Hello…

She scanned the room with laser-sharp green eyes, targeted the scabbard, snatched it up, whisked the sword into it and tossed it to him in less time than it took him to greet her. …Mother. He traced the elaborate dragon shooting pewter fire from its toothy mouth with its talons poised to strike.

Put that ridiculous toy away and come to the audience chamber.

Ridiculous toy? Why did she always treat me like a lazy idiot? There was a bowl of fruit on the table beside her. He slid the sword from its sheath and sliced an apple perfectly in half.

Very cute. Now come along. Her dark green skirt swirled around her long legs as she walked away in quick measured steps.

He tossed an apple half into the air and caught it in his teeth as he followed in her wake.

Seeing a castle in a picture or hologram did not compare to standing at the thick iron gate between two stalwart stone pillars. Aree's long silver whiskers twitched as she took in the strange building. Was this supposed to keep people out? She could easily climb over it. Claws and agility were wonderful things. But then, this was a human construction. Ridan was a small yet significant planet.

She stood before the sensor that would relay her image to the gatekeeper. Her appearance would startle the humans on sheltered little Ridan. A five-foot-tall, brown striped Feline wearing a strappy leather bodysuit might cause a stir. But maybe that is just what the inhabitants of this imposing stone building needed.

A flat male voice came through the speaker. State your full name and your business.

I am AreeLaradi-prr-Kyree. I am here to apply for the bodyguard position advertised in Warriors, Assassins and Renegades Weekly. She scolded herself. Even though she spoke Common, the language that allowed the diverse species of the galaxy to communicate reasonably well, she spoke with a strong Feline accent. These were isolated humans. She had not spent much time among humans, who spoke Common with a distinctly human accent.

Aree waited. A laugh. Say your name again, please. More slowly.

Aree cringed. He was laughing at her name. She hated to be laughed at. Didn't that human realize his name would sound just as ridiculous to her? She tried not to repeat her name through gritted teeth.

Oh—my apology. You are expected. The gate opened.

Aree kept her long striped tail close to her body as she walked through the heavy gate. The space between the gate and the immense stone castle was large enough to park a four-hundred-passenger shuttle. The path had decorative stones featuring human faces interspersed among unmarked ones. The faces probably belonged to past rulers.

Pristinely manicured flower gardens lined the path. These humans must like their world orderly and planned. The entrance was designed to either impress or intimidate, but Aree was neither. She walked with purpose but