Vicious (Villains, #1)

by V.E. Schwab

Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.

And then, there were people you stood beside, because it meant you weren’t in their way. And whoever Victor Vale was, whatever he was, and whatever he was up to, the only thing Mitch knew was that he did not want to be in his way.

And over the course of the last week, safe had ceased to be a place for Sydney, and had become a person. Specifically, safe had become Victor.