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

“I felt sorry for Valerie, to a degree. But you have to understand Mara, I had
no real attachment to her, or to anyone. Not until I met you.”
For Mara, who bonds with everyone she meets, this must seem
incomprehensible. Still, she nods, understanding me even on our point of
greatest difference.
“Valerie’s death drew much more attention than the professor’s
disappearance. The arrival of TV cameras was exhilarating to Shaw. That
was when he truly began to transform: he arrived at school with his hair
freshly cut and combed, wearing an outfit that was almost stylish. He spoke
confidently to the cameras, telling them how close he was to Valerie, how
wonderful she was, what a loss her talent would be to the art world, and how
he hoped whoever had done it would be caught quickly.
“Her death energized him. He made his first painting that scored the top mark
in the class—a large abstract in brilliant color.”
Mara grimaces, finally understanding what each of those garish, vibrant
canvases means to Shaw. His technicolor rainbows are the energy he feels
when he brutalizes a girl, ripping her soul from her body in wild, erotic
abandon.
“That’s what the inside of his head looks like,” I tell Mara. “And that’s why
you have to be very fucking careful around him. I’ve killed from anger, or
because I felt justified. Shaw delights in it. There is nothing more erotic to
him than causing pain. Hearing a woman’s screams as he rips her apart. If he
ever gets the chance, he will slaughter you without hesitation. He wants to
kill you. More than anything else. More than he wants to kill me. He wants
me alive to see what he’s done to you.”
Mara sways in her chair, her skin dull as chalk.
I take her cold hands in mine, looking her in the eye.
“But that’s not fucking happening,” I assure her. “We will make our plan,
and he’ll never get closer to you than the length of a room. You won’t fight
him. You won’t even touch him. I’ll do what needs to be done. I just need
your help to create the illusion. He’s bigger than me—I need one moment of
surprise. Just one single moment.”