Vicious (Villains, #1)

by V.E. Schwab

Fear because it could only mean one thing. Victor was out. Victor was free. And Victor was coming for Eli—just as he’d promised he would.

“Everything starts with belief,” countered Eli. “With faith.”

“Well, when you wonder something,” said Eli, “doesn’t that mean part of you wants to believe in it? I think we want to prove things, in life, more than we want to disprove them. We want to believe.”