Raven: The First Unkindness by Leigha Wolffe

I’m not one of the good guys.
I’m a monster, and I own it.
Assassin by day, I indulge in my darker habits by night.
I love the feel of the blade in my hand. I love the blood, the pain, the screams. I love it up close and personal, but I follow one very strict rule: I only kill other monsters.
I was owned by a monster. It didn’t break me. I did my time in Hell, and now nothing can touch me. Except …
This job … this target …
the way he looks at me …
Aleksei makes me want things I never thought possible, things I crave deep within my icy, dead heart.
There’s only one thing standing in my way, something thought long dead, much like my soul.
The Strigoi are rising, threatening to claim what’s MINE.
So this Valentine’s Day … this is my coming out party.
Coming out of the shadows and into the world.
Soon they’ll all know who I am … what I am …
And what I’m capable of.
This is going to be one hell of a bloody Valentine’s Day.