Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Evie, the woman who owned the entirety of his blackened, tattered heart, was well and truly gone.

“I would never make the mistake of underestimating a woman like you. It would be a fatal one.”

“It is fiction for a reason, you menace. By the gods, what if you carried out every impossible act you read about?”

It was a rhetorical question, but she couldn’t resist the urge to slip into the normal ease of their cadence, like no time had passed. “Oh, I suppose that I would need to become very, um—flexible.”

“You think I would allow you to reveal yourself to the public in such a way and not do the same for you?” he asked.

“Hello, evil overlord.”

“Hello, little tornado.”

He would follow her off a cliff without question. And Evie knew she was in love with him. Right then, right there.

“Does your mind live in the gutter?” She shook her head, tapping a finger against her lips. “No, but it rents there on occasion.”