Virtuous Lies (Lies of the Underworld, #1)

by Haley Jenner

I’m just wondering how the blackest of souls can be wrapped in the prettiest of packages.

“For the people you love,” he echoes, tasting the insult on his tongue. “Maybe my hope is that one day you’ll love me.” “Would you love me back?”

“I don’t think the darkness within my heart would ever allow space for love, dolcezza. Monsters are more afraid of the light than angels are of the dark.”

“I may own you, Bianca. But I belong to you. I own you because of who I am. I belong to you because you’re my only weakness in this world.”

“I love you without obligation, without expectation. My love is the truest you’ll ever feel, the deepest you’ll ever know. I thought you knew that.”