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

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

“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.”

She breathed, “It’s so beautiful.” Her boss had been silent beside her, but now he replied hoarsely, still gripping her hand, “Yes, it is.” And when she turned, he was looking at her.

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

“I’m looking for a woman.” Reid’s mouth flattened. “Aren’t we all?”

“You threw a finger at me?” “A middle one.”

For the leader of brutal killers, she really was adorable.