Assassin: Assassin, #1

By Tayler Marie Brooks

Welcome to Assassin. Where the hunter is also the hunted. The rules are simple. The story complex. And only one will remain in the end. No one is safe and things aren't quite what they seem. The stakes are higher than anyone signed up for. But everything will be alright in the end because it's only a game, isn't it?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tayler Marie Brooks
• Release date: Sep 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223721284

Tayler Marie Brooks

Tayler enjoys reading, playing piano (even though she isn't very good), and crafting. She is a first-place award-winning photographer in the Mountain Laurel Magazine. She has published several poems and photos in various books. She graduated from North Greenville University with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice & Legal Studies. She lives in South Carolina.

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Assassin

Tayler Marie Brooks

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2023 by Tayler Marie Brooks

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.

First paperback edition September 2023

Book design by Tayler Marie Brooks

Cover design  by Tayler Marie Brooks

ISBN 9798369270790

To my Criminal Justice & Legal Studies professors, the CJLS Honor Society for hosting the campus-wide game, everyone who participated, my friends who endured my paranoid behavior, to Karah and Cheyenne who provided me with all the inside information, and to Evelyn for helping me plot my crimes.

I was at ease, but He shattered me, and He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as his target.

- Job 16:12

Welcome

Welcome to Assassin . Where the hunter is also the hunted. The rules are simple. The story is complex. And only one will remain in the end. No one is safe and things aren't quite what they seem. The stakes are higher than anyone signed up for. But everything will be alright in the end because it's only a game, isn't it?

Well . . . not quite.

I’m the mastermind. My true identity is not for you to know right now. Simply because some would say I’m a criminal. They’re wrong, of course. I have been ordained. This is my calling. No one will stand in the way of me fulfilling my destiny.

The time has come for me to put the plans God has shown me into action. I’ve sent the game idea to the Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Honor Society. This is the most likely place to get access to what I’m looking for.

What am I looking for, you ask? Well, let me tell the whole story and then, you might figure it out.

This document you have here in your hands is half the account of the story. I will continue it in another document due to the fact it took me two games to complete.

I didn’t choose these victims. These victims or um. . . players have selected themselves. If only they knew what they were signing up for.

Now that we’ve established all of this, let the game begin. But first, let’s lay out the rules and how to play.

Gameplay

You will be given a target to assassinate.  You have one week to kill your target, but be aware, others are trying to kill you as well.

A kill is confirmed by marking your target on the side of their neck with a black marker (not provided).

Once your target has been killed. You must send a picture of you and your target with their mark visible.

Once your target has been confirmed, the target must now pass on its target.  If they have completed their kill, all their previous targets become your kills.

The game continues until only one assassin remains.

Rules

You must mark the front or side of the target’s neck with a black marker (not provided).

You must sneak up on the person, if you are spotted before you assassinate someone your kill does not count. 

Assassinations cannot occur during class times.  Do not disturb class (including Chapel and Cultural Events).

Assassinations cannot occur in bathrooms or dorms of the opposite sex.

All assassinations must occur on campus.

This is a fun friendly game with no aggressive or inappropriate behavior.

Any violations will result in disqualification.

Targets Assigned

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

This is a list of each Assassin and their target.

Molly -> Carl

Carl -> Ida

Ida -> Addison

Addison -> Craig

Craig -> Laurel

Laurel -> Cade

Cade ->