Fractured Fates (The Arrow Hart Academy #1)

by Hannah Haze

“I’ll keep you safe,” he says. I want to close my eyes and believe him. It would be nice to be safe. It would be nice if someone kept me safe. This past year has been so hard. I’m tired. Tired of running and hiding. Tired of fighting and scrapping. Tired of trying to stay alive. Tired of being alone.

“Why the fuck does she have a pig?” The man in black shrugs. “Is she mentally unstable?”

If something sounds too good to be true, she said, it usually is.

These people I’m being summoned to see will know more than me and will be able to run circles around me with their clever words and superior knowledge.

“You’re a nobody. No one’s daughter, no one’s god daughter, no one’s charge. Until yesterday you weren’t even registered. You have no unusual powers or abilities that make you worthy of protection. Nobody cares about you, nobody is going to give a damn if you go missing.

“You going to kiss me back, sweetheart?”

“Kiss me back,” he murmurs again, this time with more of a growl, half way between a plea and a command.

“Will I see you again?” I ask him. “No,” he says, eyes trained straight in front of him. “No, I don’t think that would be a good idea.” And as I watch him sail away, I wonder how it is possible for my heart to feel so elated one moment and so fractured the next.

It’s like she’s torn back my skin to reveal the darkness lurking within.

Is this what men are like? Confusing? Fickle? Fucked up?