A Promise of Lies (Shadows of the Tenebris Court #3)

by Clare Sager

“I’ll see you later,” she said, voice thick, belying how casual her words were. I swallowed back the gritty, hot feeling in my throat and nodded. “You will. I’ll be there in bed with you, just the other side of the veil. Lie on the left side and place your hand in the middle. I’ll hold it all through the night.”

We had to skirt their rules and seem to believe in them. We had to wear the smiling mask, while inside we nursed our poison and vitriol until we could use them as tools for our hidden rage.