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

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

“Sage! Where in the deadlands would you get such a dangerous idea?” She blinked up at his obscured face. “A book.”

“Because I like who you are, not what you’re capable of.”

“Because we are always expected to plaster a grin on our faces even when we don’t wish to. I used to do it so often, I stopped being able to tell when I was smiling for me or for someone else. So now, I don’t smile unless I’m one hundred percent sure it’s something I want to do, not something someone else wants me to do.”