Spending a few weeks of the biter winter in the southern hemisphere was the best vacation Rian could think of. It just so happened that he had a contract in Fiji, and so he asked Dominic to come along with him, reassuring the other man that his target would take no longer than an hour or two to take care of, and that he would meet Dom at the restaurant at the beach that had been recommended to them by the local who was renting them their beautiful beach home.
He woke early to take care of business -- pulling himself out of bed, all tangled up with Dom’s limbs. It had been difficult, but he reminded himself that all of his attention could be focused on his lover once his work was done. This time, Rian was posing as a local -- a massage therapist whose parents had been expatriates who moved to Fiji before his birth. He fell into his role easily, walking into his target’s room, seeing the fleshy male sprawled out, face down on the table. He had the quick, fluttering thought that this was going to be easy.
Rian went to work, rubbing the man’s back and shoulders. He slowly moved up to the neck, enduring the mans roaming hands and rushing fingers, playing along with his small talk. He was just about to make the break when the man’s large, hairy, ringed fingers wrapped around Rian’s delicate wrists and twisted them into an awkward position. Rian gasped slightly and struggled to free himself, but this man had come prepared. He knew why Rian was there, and thie shift of power had been too quick for the blond to counter. Before he knew it, the man had one of his huge mitts around Rian’s throat, his body thrown against the wall, a knife in the other hand. Rian caught sight of the clock and saw he was horribly late to meet Dominic. As little black spots began to filter into his vision, he hoped Dom would come looking for him -- that he’d find Rian and his target before the man had a chance to do what he wanted. But those seemed like the last, hopeful thoughts of a dying assassin as he struggled to get even one iota of oxygen into his weakening body.