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

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Villain, King of Darkness, Haunter of Dreams, had his arms around her. Worse, even, she was not nearly as afraid as she should’ve been.

Oh girk you are fucked

Shaking his head, a small dose of wonder in his eyes, he said, “You are chaos.”

Tysm

Good grief, maybe she was chaos. Had it even been half an hour?

Reltable smh

Evie was jealous. She couldn’t dodge a dead tree if she was staring right at it.

Feyre too

Don’t think about his personal life, Evie. Another good rule for the list she’d been adding to like clockwork since her first day there. Stop trying to get the boss to laugh, Evie. Don’t touch the boss’s hair, Evie. Don’t find torture attractive, Evie.

when you spend most of your life trying to see the sun, you begin to wish for rain.

Don’t let the boss quiver your insides, Evie.

Lol

“My first what, you little tornado?” “Your first joke.” He grunted and opened his mouth to speak, looking quite outraged, if she were being honest. “Of all the—” He paused to pinch the bridge of his nose. “Sage, do you honestly think me incapable of humor?” “Of course I don’t think that,” she said earnestly. “You hired me.”

Im dead

“I’ll remind you that, at your bequest, I haven’t actually killed an intern in several months.” Evie shook her head hopelessly. “Sir, I hate to belittle your successes, but there are people who go their entire lives without killing anyone.” His face remained serious. “How dull.”

Ha!

He’s crabby on an empty stomach,” she said, wondering just how many of their workers’ lives were saved because of a frosted pastry.

He just needded a poptart lol

“Where else are you hurt?” he asked, his voice brusque, furious even.

Giggles

That thought alone, that she should feel lucky for only a minor injury, not to mention that any woman should feel that way, was so horrifically ridiculous and unfair, it was like watching someone steal something precious from you and thanking them for it.

Truth

“Oh! Yes, Evie has accidents a lot.” How funny that her sister was about to have one as well…when Evie throttled her.

Sister coded

This is what you get for reading books with no naughty words in them.

So unfair lol

he said with a slight uptick of his lip. No dimple. Damn it.

lol

And then the dimple appeared.

Woohoo! *swoons

“No! We don’t eat friends; we talked about this!”

Tairn coded

She let out a little yelp, waiting for the impact of the ground to hit, but the boss dove forward, attempting to break her fall.

Hehe

“Is that a bald spot?” Evie asked innocently,

“What?” he barked, looking so panicked that Evie didn’t have the heart to keep up the jest. “I kid, Evil Overlord. Your perfect hair is intact.” “It’s just hair; it doesn’t matter.”

Bahahaha

“Could you, umm, dismount me?”

*spits out tea

And then Becky busted through the door.

Gtfo Becky!!!!!

He was happy… How positively vile.

Lol

“It hurt me. You didn’t even give me the chance to explain.” It hurt me. He wondered if it would scar her for life if he threw himself from the window. “However.” She paused. “I shouldn’t have quit so abruptly. My emotions got the better of me, and it was not a decision I would have made, had I given myself the opportunity to process that hurt appropriately.”

What’s this?? An example of emotional maturity???

“I just want to understand…why is it that you want my trust in the first place?” She leaned a hand against her cheek, and one eyebrow rose thoughtfully. “I want to know you, that’s all.”

Dragging her feet against the ground, kicking dirt and stones up as she went, Evie began humming to herself, imagining she was a sorceress with power those around her could not begin to comprehend.

Same girl

The Villain smiled, wide enough that the dimple in his cheek appeared. A boiling anger was building in her gut. Otto Warsen was hardly worthy of seeing something so precious.

How dare he see his dimple!

“You’re not all bad, are you?” He looked offended. “How dare you.”

He didn’t feel ruined with Evie, though. He felt reborn.

Trystan became unexpectedly aware of his hands, which were somehow on the curve of her hips after Sage had pulled him closer.

Giggles

Adulthood should be illegal.

“And this wasn’t even your rescue—it was mine. If I hadn’t distracted her, you would’ve been an evil pancake.”

“Oh, you silly goose. A bandit would never sell you for treasure.” Evie paused dramatically. “They’d almost certainly trade you for something more fun, like a giant bee.”

“Can someone own a bee?” “No, but I think you can rent them.”

Looking for a cure? Briar’s Peak Tonight Dress for a formal celebration

Id be so annoyed…its late and i want to go to bed not take an everything shower and go party

she realized this dress might be what she was buried in if she wasn’t careful tonight. She sighed. At least it was sparkly.

It better sparkle

Of all the foolish, horrific things he’d ever accomplished, falling in love with a woman he so completely didn’t deserve made the top of his list.

She wasn’t light; she was color. Every single one, dancing otherworldly and bright over his unworthy eyes. She was the explosion of the vivid gleams and glows of the world around him, like a constant rainbow, shining not after the rain but during. She was everything he never deserved but longed for anyway.

Sobbing

“There is no room in my world for someone who hurt me the way you did. You do not belong walking on the ground I walk or breathing the air I breathe. You don’t get to move on or be redeemed. Your story is finished. Whatever happens to you now is of no concern to me.”

👏👏👏👏👏

Her heart broke for that defeated young man only looking to belong.

She didn’t realize everything he was already belonged to her.