Extraits

My story was tainted from the beginning, tainted by her blood. And her death was a sin for me to bear for the rest of my breathing days. I wasn’t evil, but I was the villain anyway

Humans are faulty, we are both good and evil – a perfect yin and yang

“Tormenting me has really become your favorite hobby, hasn’t it?” I asked, even though I already knew the answer. Bitterness dripped in my words and even I heard them clearly.

My lungs squeezed the breath out of me.

“It’s boring here, on this island,” Killian responded, his voice shockingly soft, but I didn’t let it fool me. Killian was a dangerous creature. “So, I had to find a new hobby.”

“I’m pretty sure that was your way of calling me interesting enough to be Killian Spencer’s hobby.”

“Only you would turn an insult into praise.”

My lips twitched with a ghost of a smile. “It’s just a unique ability I was born with.”

“Killian Spencer, do you take this woman to be your wife, to live together in matrimony–”

“I vow to spend the rest of my life making you regret what you did to Gracelynn.”

“… To love her, to honor her, to comfort her, to cherish her…”

“To hurt you, to break you… and to hate you for the rest of our days. I will never be your protector, never your defender ; I vow to be the villain in your story.”

“… And to keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live ?”

“In health and in sickness, through sorrow and pain, for all the days in my life, I will be your worst nightmare.”