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“I’ve done horrible things, but I’ve always had a good reason”

“I don’t believe you”

“That’s why I won’t let you go” He moved his ently I sucked in a breath and stayed frozen, afraid that if I did anything, it would only provoke him further

Or that hat I told ing that I’d ignored, kept buried deep, deep down for a long, long time Ever since Blackwoods, I never let ht I couldn’t reht see Kaspar as a huain, instead of the monster I knew he really was

“Taking et you what you want”

“No, but killing Maeve will And in time, I think you’ll understand why”

“I don’t get what she has to do with any of this”

He touched ust and anger and lust

“You will”

He kissed -buried feelings surfaced, reared their heads like unwanted night into hisand unyielding, Kaspar the killer, Kaspar the stalker, Kaspar the lover He tasted like honey and flowers and heaven, and I hated him for it, despised hi he could have, instead of a person he could love

I bit his lip and shoved him back He sucked in a breath and touched his lower lip, s as I stormed away He followed, but at a distance, and didn’t approach until I cal hard, people irl that kept staring at the water like she wanted to cut it into pieces

Just like I wanted to tear Kaspar into shreds

He sat down next to h I didn’t push it away I felt so alone and lost and angry that any sesture—even from the man that caused all this—elcome

“We’re going back home soon”

“Back to Servant Manor?” I felt a strange thrill of excitement

“Back to America”

I deflated “Right Of course You can’t let me anywhere near my brother, can you?”

“Not yet But one day, I hope I won’t have to worry about that”

“Why are you so obsessed with rily I felt like a petulant child I wanted hiainst the fountain and fuck ht here in the damn street “What do you see in me?”