When He's Torn (The Olympus Pride, #5)

by Suzanne Wright

“Encouraging people to be normal is literally just encouraging them to conform. Blend. Follow. Obey. Be part of the world’s flock of sheep. I’d rather be the predator that hangs not far from the flock, does its own thing, and bites any sheep that piss it off.”

And he’d sensed that though she didn’t mind befriending people, she was hesitant to make them close friends.

“I’m always happy.” “You’re always lively. Always smiling and nattering and laughing. That’s not the same as being happy, when you feel all light and warm inside. I knew he’d be good for you.”

Their deaths might not have shaped her, but their failure to parent her had played a huge part in making her the person she was today. A person who didn’t form attachments. A person who didn’t expect people to care for her. A person who’d look shocked as all shit when a guy told her that he wouldn’t change her.