The Sword's Shadow - A Legend of Zelda Fanfiction
CapricornSiren
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  • Reads 93,387
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  • Parts 23
  • Time 3h 5m
CapricornSiren
Complete, First published Mar 23, 2019
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Love. Bloodshed. Sacrifice. Link is an mysterious assassin. By the orders of his master, he spills the blood of whoever he is assigned to kill. One day, his master assigns him to kill a certain princess. Thinking it would be an easy mission like any other, he thought wrong.

**This is a Link x Zelda story
**Assassin AU

Credit goes to ImberLapis for the amazing cover!
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