Pendulum (Kingdom of Night, #1)

by Joel Abernathy

For someone who lied so often, I was horrible at it.

"Sometimes the best way to stay in control is to just let the current take you."

I watched as each mark formed on your skin, and vowed that I would keep track of them all so one day I could make the one who gave them to you suffer for every last one."

I had never been the praying type, but I found myself pleading with this man I barely knew with all the fervor of the devout.

I had never really been one for gods or angels, but she seemed like something I could believe in.

“Whoever did this to you wants you to give up. They want you to think you’re weak, but you’re not. You’re stronger than they are, and you can break this hold. You can take back your mind, your power, your control.”