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

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

A warm tear tracked down her cheek as she smiled shakily and said, “Hello, evil overlord.”

“Hello, little tornado.”

“I can say with the utmost assurance”—his eyes raked over her, and she stopped breathing—“when given the privilege, I have no issue performing.”

“I do not lack equilibrium,” she argued. “The ground merely lacks the courtesy of letting me know when it is coming closer.”

“I think I am very sad. But I won’t be forever.”