Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Awe, girl :( I’d react that way too tho lol. also, his nickname for her!!! Eek

I’m a puddle on the floor reading this

He enjoyed pushing her a little too far sometimes,

“I would, you know. Torture someone,” she clarified, an alarming sincerity on her face. “If I knew it would help you—if it was someone hurting you… I’d do it and I’d probably enjoy it just a little.”

Trystan rubbed his chest, feeling everything she’d said break shards out of the walls he’d built. Feeling the cracks all the way to the blood roaring in his ears.

He peeked back toward his desk, where Kingsley watched him with an almost sympathetic expression before holding up one of his signs that read Trouble. No shit.

“Where is she?”

Right as he reached her, grabbing her by the waist, throwing her to the ground and pressing his body on top of hers, he enveloped them in as much magic as he could gather and yet knew it likely wouldn’t be enough. And then the world went red.

“Please speak. It’s unsettling when you’re quiet.” His voice was steady, but something in him seemed shaken. “I’m glad I didn’t explode.” The look in his eyes warmed, and his lips pulled high, the elusive dimple making an appearance. “The feeling is mutual.”