A Crown This Cold and Heavy (Kingdom of Lies, #3)

by Stacia Stark

Besides, if there is one thing I have learned, it’s that it is better for a man to make you his enemy than for him to believe you are helpless. Men respect their enemies, but they prey on the weak.”

The truth was, I’d been fighting the monster inside me since the moment I’d crawled out from beneath that kitchen table, sure I would see my father, and met my brother’s eyes instead.