Invading Will Chapter 10
Now the wing tangle does suggest the north, but i don't think the blood baron would risk something like assassination attempts on us."
Plots and Politics
The wolf inquired, remembering the assassination attempt on the empress that had shocked the entire nation. the assassin had been captured in the act and tortured.
Legion of Sytarel - Ch. 3: An Orc's Ambition
There had already been numerous assassination attempts against him by foa's loyalists, and he wouldn't dare be caught unprepared should there be another attempt on his life.
A New Year, A New Life, A New Love: Chapter 3 - Stories, Secrets and Scents
This could just as easily be a setup for an assassination attempt, they had come from younger and more innocent looking people before, but she got no sense of malice from the two.
Cold Blood 19: Expectations
"i can't tell you everything, but ... what i can say is that there was an assassination attempt on your father and lord green late last night, by minotaurs with remarkable _tempus_ skills." "i will kill them," chelm said cold anger in his voice.
Across the Rift 13
But now kathragon had something better, on the table he now placed jonesy's rifle, recovered after the assassination attempt.
The Gladiator: An Amery and Lysander Story
Years of drills in the palace courtyards, endless military parades, countless assassination attempts... instinct kicked in.
The Guilded Cage, World Introduction, part 3
Since a horribly botched assassination attempt some fifty years ago he no longer makes public appearances and, by most regard, his focus on law and order within the city has increased even more than its already 'more than sufficient' level.
Diapered Dragons
"several assassination attempts on the heads at the factory. they look like accidents but you found proof. okay but, here's the big question. why?" ver said with a puzzled look on his face. "maybe competitors sent them?" ver speculated.
Marle
He had escaped without ever actually having been used, in the sexual manner, but the labor, and different odd jobs she had him perform( which ranged from chores, to assassination attempts) were taxing on his mentality and body.
I, Dacien -- Chapter 21: Assessment
"i did not anticipate the ambush, nor the assassination attempt," sasha said. "the only excuse for what we -- what _i_ -- do as polychrome is to keep lycaili safe, master. i have failed, and the consequences ..." sasha shook his head.
Star Sapphire: Prologue
Requil's scarred face, the product of years in the army and more than one assassination attempt, was a mask of political neutrality that vation could respect in a college, but in his lord archduke, arbitrator of his life, the black wolf found terrifying.