The Risk (Mindf*ck, #1)

by S.T. Abby

This is for the ones who lost their voice. This is for the ones who wish they could be Lana Myers. This is for the ones people still whisper about. This is for the ones who fight every single day to forget. You’re not alone.

Einstein said, “The weak revenge. The strong forgive. The intelligent ignore.” Fuck that. Einstein wasn’t always right.

I love humanity but I hate humans. —Albert Einstein

“Life sucks,” he says randomly. “Then you die. Might as well live while you’re still alive,”

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. Albert Einstein said that.

As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists. —Albert Einstein.

She starts laughing harder this time, and I listen, soaking it in. I don’t know why it feels like I’ve accomplished something by making her laugh. Then again, something tells me she probably doesn’t do it too often.

When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity. —Albert Einstein

He serves justice the best he can. I serve revenge in the way it needs to be.

I drop back down to my seat, wondering how planning out a brutal murder is easier than dating. The world is entirely too fucked up.

I’d hate to know I’ve trembled in fear over a guy who carries around a stuffed bear.

LOGAN: I should have kissed you.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. —Albert Einstein

ME: Oh? Handcuffs turn you on? LANA: Restraint is a hell no. Not my thing. But I wouldn’t be opposed to using them on you… If we ever make it to that level, that is. My cock stirs in my pants, and I mentally count the months since the last time I even had time to think about sex. By month five, I stop counting, because it’s just depressing. I’ll need a few dates with my hand before I try taking on Lana and embarrassing myself.

I hope to leave with more than an awkward wave this time. I fist pump the air, then look up to see a few curious eyes on me through my open office door.

Whyy is that so funny STOP

Because Lana Myers has been in my head since the day I met her, and it’d be nice if someone noticed I was missing.

To know the secrets of life, we must first become aware of their existence. —Albert Einstein

I took on kickboxing first. By the third year, I’d moved on to various other forms of mixed martial arts. Several black belts are mine now. I never want to be anyone else’s victim.

The eighth year was when I started locating them all. I learned all there was to know about them. The ninth year was spent hacking the case files from my father’s trial, learning all the police had, searching for the truth instead of the lies. The tenth year… The tenth year is when I decided to start killing one a month.

Their taunts no longer haunt me at night. Now I dream peacefully to the sounds of their screams.

When you go so long feeling cold and detached, then a complete stranger ignites the dormant feelings you thought were forever gone…you can’t help but be addicted to it. You can’t help but revel in the smiles you forgot how to use, or the laughter that sounds unnatural coming from the lips that haven’t laughed in years. Whoa. I need to slow down. I’m one fantasy away from tattooing his name on my ass.

My eyes flick back to where Tyler is already cleaning up. He’s just as quick as I remember. One more week until kill day.

“Come on, pretty girl. Don’t tell me you’re not home after I broke rules and privacy laws to find you,” Logan drawls from the other side of the door.

“Can I come in before anyone sees you? I’d hate to have to show my jealous side so early on,”

Firm skin finds my fingertips, and I moan against his lips when he shudders against me like he feels all the flames I do. We’ll burn good together.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. —Albert Einstein

“Craig, if you want to remain pretty in front of the cameras, I’d suggest refraining from speaking about Lana’s pussy anymore.”

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings. —Albert Einstein

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. —Albert Einstein