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

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

She’d been called many disparaging things in her life. Alarmingly all beginning with the letter F. Flighty, foolish, forgetful, and, by a strange turn of events, she was finally able to add the final F. Fucked.

“Um, yes— The blood’s not great…but I was referring to the fact that you look like you were carved out of marble, and I just think that as a rule of thumb, inherently evil people should be grotesque-looking.”

“Normal” was for those who didn’t have the ability to stretch their minds past the unreachable end.

Stop trying to get the boss to laugh, Evie. Don’t touch the boss’s hair, Evie. Don’t find torture attractive, Evie.

“It’s hard enough to put something back together once. A second time, I’m afraid, is far too much to hope for.”

Surely thoughts of mayhem and destruction would calm his sour mood.

“I want to know you, that’s all.” That’s all? Like that sentence alone wasn’t enough to knock him completely off his axis.

Problem number one: She was growing emotionally attached to her boss. Problem number two: Her boss was also the most hated man in her kingdom. Problem number three: Someone wanted her boss dead—which would severely affect problem number one.

“We’re all monsters in the end. At least mine lives in the light.”