Melaina

Originally, Melaina became an assassin, believe it or not, to help people. No matter how idealistic one might be, it's hard to deny the world's full of people who are better off dead. And she proved herself one of the best in the world, earning the title of the Lavender.

Her friend, Sasha, had been lured into marriage with a notorious assassin and shadow elf, Dravick, who'd killed the previous Umber. Though she loathes Dravick, who has a reputation for marrying pretty young girls who mysteriously disappear, and whom she knows is an inveterate womanizer behind his carefully-constructed facade as a reliable husband, Melaina promised Sasha she would not kill him... while secretly plotting to expose his true nature to her. Unfortunately, while Melaina might be a peerless assassin, she tends to jump to conclusions and gloat before she has everything she needs, which is where that handsome stranger she accidentally mistakes for Dravick comes in.