The Heartwood of ash and silence

The response didn't suit Damien, nor did it please him how the dark creature addressed him. He stared, showing perhaps more annoyance than the other through his squinted death stare. He was analyzing. Though he claimed to be an assassin, this male clearly didn't align himself with Blackfeather nor the Brotherhood. If anything, for the way he'd introduced himself, he was on a quest to murder one of them, so, who could this be?

I used to be with them. But they are nothing without me. It is my blood that gave that pack any meaning and I am taking it elsewhere, he explained. It was all about the Meloniis, it had always been about the Meloniis. And then he moved on to the next mystery. What's the name on your contract? he asked. Perhaps he could point him in the right direction.