Vicious

“When no one understands, that’s usually a good sign that you’re wrong.”

He appreciated Mitch’s incongruities. They made him interesting

We could be dead,” said Eli.

“That’s a risk everyone takes by living.”

“You don’t understand,” gasped Eli. “No one understands.”

“When no one understands, that’s usually a good sign that you’re wrong.”

“It’s why I let you stay,” said Victor. “Why I liked you. All that charm outside, all that evil inside. There was a monster under there, long before you died.”

Victor had never been good, or sweet—he’d always had a sharp edge; Eli had been drawn to the metallic glint of it

“If I’m missing something, then so are you. Life is about compromises. Or did you think because you put yourself in God’s hands that He would make you all you were and more?”

important had been carved out.

but there was this gap between what he felt and what he wanted to feel, a space where something im

He appreciated Mitch’s incongruities. They made him interesting.