Within Obsession and Lies (A Court of Gilt and Shadow, #1)

by Stacy Jones

Taking the plate he handed her, she nodded her chin at his arm and demanded, “What happened?” He followed her gaze, then grimaced, a faint blush coloring his cheeks, making the scar slashing down the left side of his face stand out starkly in contrast. “I, uh, tried to bring your cat. He… resisted. Vigorously.”

Viper is my new favorite, sweet but totally insane book boyfriend!

“I’m glad you’re not upset. I did think about not killing him, so you could question him. Buuut… I’d kind of already killed him by the time I thought of that.”

No, no. Don’t pounce on her, she’ll run away. Shh, restraint. I have restraint.