Only Ashes Remain (Market of Monsters, #2)

by Rebecca Schaeffer

Her father had said that everyone had bad thoughts and liked bad things, they just didn’t like to admit it. It wasn’t what you thought but what you did that mattered.

Kovit was mere inches from him. “Are you afraid of me?” Henry laughed. “Hardly. You never hurt people you know. I’ve been safe for years.” “Yes.” Kovit agreed, voice distant. “I never hurt people I know.” Then he met Henry’s eyes, and his voice was a promise. “This won’t hurt.” He reached out and snapped Henry’s neck in a single swift motion.

“It’s human to care about the wrong people.