Us Deadly Few (Us Dark Few, #2)

by Alexis Patton

Because she’d rather be insane together than be sensible alone.

“I already keep an eye on you while you sleep.” “Sounds unhealthy,” she deadpanned. “Probably.” “And psychotic.” “Stop with the compliments.”

“Even those who feel the most can feel empty. Do you want to know what it means to be alive? It’s not perfection. It’s not being okay all the time. It’s having fears. Feeling like you aren’t good enough. Trying every day to be better. Your tears reflect how beautifully imperfect you are. What could be more human than that?”

Takeshi’s lethalness should not be a turn-on. That would be fucked up.

Repeat after me: Your enemy threatening to maim others on your behalf is psychotic and troubling, not attractive.

Did she have a sign on her back that read, ‘Accepting male companions: Only those who avoid therapy?’

Heart made for beauty. Hands molded for destruction.