There Is No Devil Sinners Duet Book 2 By Sophie Lark-pdfread

From all outward appearances, I’m very much a man in love. I shower her
with gifts, praise, attention.
But I’m all-too-aware that everything I do for Mara benefits me. I feed off
her joy like a vampire. The hot cocoa tastes sweeter when I lick it off her lips.
The lights are more beautiful reflected in her eyes. The air in my lungs is
fresh and sweet when we fly across the ice together, hand in hand.
For now, all our interests align. What’s good for Mara is good for me.
It requires no real sacrifice. I’m only doing what I want.
But perhaps, I am changing in the smallest of ways.
Because for the first time, I wonder if she deserves more than this.
Mara thinks she sees who I am and loves me anyway.
Only I know how cold I truly am at heart.
I told myself I was always honest with her. While letting her believe what she
wants to believe: that I always had good reason … that I might be justified.
It’s time to tell her the truth. To show her, the only way I know how.
I TAKE Mara down to the lowest level of the house. To the locked door she’s
never seen beyond.
I see her mounting dread as we descend the stairs. Mara is a curious kitten …
but she has an instinctive understanding of potential danger. She skirts away
without ever acknowledging the boundary.
Now I fit the key in the lock. And I throw open the door.
Mara flinches, as if expecting a slap.
Instead, her eyes widen with wonder. She steps inside the cavernous space.
“What on earth …” she breathes, her bare feet sinking into a thick carpet of
moss.