He suffered,” added Athos softly. “But not like you.” He brought his mouth closer. “No one suffers as beautifully as you.” There it was, in the corner of Holland’s mouth, the crease of his eye....

Sydney, look at me.’ He rested his hands on the car roof and leaned in. ‘No one is going to hurt you. Do you know why?’ She shook her head, and Victor smiled. ‘Because I’ll...

Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive. Simple as that.

Crime isn’t that complicated. People steal because taking something gives them something. If they’re not in it for the money, they’re in it for the control. The act of taking, breaking the rules, makes them...

But these words people threw around – humans, monsters, heroes, villains – to Victor it was all just a matter of semantics. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone...

You don’t understand,” gasped Eli. “No one understands.””When no one understands, that’s usually a good sign that you’re wrong.

Kell wore a very peculiar coat.It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several, which was, of course, impossible.The first thing he did whenever he stepped out...

Victor was the first to speak, and when he did, it was with an eloquence and composure perfectly befitting the situation

Kell tipped his head so that his copper hair tumbled out of his eyes, revealing not only the crisp blue of the left one but the solid black of the right. A black that ran...