Consumed by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #3)

by Rina Kent

My demons got the better of me and I didn’t think about Jeremy. I didn’t think about my life and the people I was leaving behind. That’s what happens when your mind becomes your worst enemy. When its sole purpose is to destroy you from the inside out. It’s impossible to think past the demons’ whispers and the need to end it all. Past the thought that by ending it, I could make everything fine.

Mental illness isn’t something to be sorry about.”

One day, she’ll realize that the world we live in doesn’t matter. We’re the only ones who do.

“If something happens to you, it won’t push me away. If anything, it’ll bring me closer, Lenochka. Sex plays a part of who we are, and I love how you submit to my dominance, but it’s not the reason why I’ve been married to you for six years.” “What is then?” “You.” “Just me?” “Just you.”

I do love you, Lia. I always have. But my form of love isn’t sweetness or softness. It’s nothing noble or delicate. My love is selfish and villainous. My love is the type where I will kill people to protect you and erase others to avenge you. My love is possessive, obsessive, and knows no boundaries, not when I first met you and certainly not now.”