Page 24 of Sin of Love
I glance over my shoulder.
“Do I make myself clear?”
Shaking with fury, she spits, “You tried to kill him. He’ll never trust you again.”
“It’s not about trust, though, is it?”
Sickness.
Possession.
Obsession.
What she feels for him, he feels for me.
We are all of us monsters.
“Get out, Maggie. Tell Julep I’m ready for him. And from now on, be mindful of how you speak to me.”
I drink down the hatred coming off her. Revel in the bitter taste of this particular power.
I don’t know her story, how long she’s been property of the cartel, what her childhood was like, how much suffering and desecration she’s endured… And I won’t ask. It’s better that way. It’s the only way.
I will play whatever role I have to.
Survive.
Maggie storms out, brittle and seconds from shattering. She forgets to lock the cell, but it doesn’t matter. There’s nowhere for me to go, anyway. Sitting on the edge of my bed, I fold my hands in my lap and stare at the opposite wall.
“Sometimes, we have to let the animals inside us off the leash. Let them hunt and feed and satiate themselves. If we don’t, the pressure builds and builds, and bad things happen.”
Gideon was right, though I’m not sure he understood the nature of my animal. How dark and twisted and utterly wrong she is.
Or what happens when she’s off the leash.
