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

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“You want me to tell you information that could put me in prison, while you

refuse to share any of your secrets with me.”

I flush. “It’s not the same.”

“No. What you ask is more dangerous … for both of us.”

I take several shallow breaths, no oxygen in the car. My brain races faster

than my heart.

I don’t talk about my past with anyone.

And Cole is no therapist—he’ll use whatever I tell him to manipulate me. To

gain even greater control.

On the other hand, we’re equally curious about each other. I want to know his

history as badly as he wants to know mine.

Tit for tat. Pay to play. That’s how the world works.

Sighing, I say, “I’ll tell you what you want to know. But you have to tell me

something first.”

Cole’s fingertips give one restless tap on the woolen thigh of his trousers. He

weighs the offer.

“You can ask one question,” he says. “Not about Shaw.”

The devil always counters.

“Fine,” I say, so quickly that he narrows his eyes at me.

The silence stretches between us as I consider what he might answer fully

and truthfully. And what I most want to know.

Finally, I ask:

“Who was the first person you killed?”

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