Ruthless: A Dark, Suspenseful Second Chance Romance (Villains & Vixens Book 2) by Cassandra Featherstone

Author:Cassandra Featherstone [Featherstone, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Tailfeather Publishing
Published: 2023-11-11T18:30:00+00:00

DARKSIDE

“Look at you. You made me promise not to draw attention. Stay under the radar. Make sure no one notices me.” Lys stands in the living room with her hands on her hips, glaring at me in irritation.

I rub the back of my neck, my mouth twisted into a half smirk, half sheepish expression. “They accosted me, you know.”

I’m not accustomed to having to explain myself to someone.

“You’re covered in blood.”

Pulling the dark auburn wig off, I drop it onto the plastic sheeting she laid out when I showed up at the door. “Hard not to be when your job is sending people to the choir invisible.”

My friend arches her brow. She’s been home for at least an hour, which gave her time to peel off her alias and set up the disposal materials. “Your job tonight was to help me steal a dusty ass old book. How did a simple walk home turn into a murder party?”

“There’s a reason they call me The Guillotine, Lys.” I deadpan as I toss the wig caps on the fire pile and start removing weapons. “No one has ever accused me of solving my problems by handing out puppies.”

“Ugh!” she growls, tapping her foot as I unsheathe four knives one by one, placing them on the hall table. “I’m not saying you’re not allowed to be yourself; I’m asking how the fuck you got drenched with enough blood to stain your face red like an acolyte in Queen of the Damned on a stroll back to the house.”

I blink. “Oh. You’re not judging me; you’re actually curious.”

“Yes, you fucking weirdo. I’d like to file this data in my hard drive for future reference.”

My chin dips as I remove the ice pick, a retractable baton, and another dagger. “It’s odd for me to hear someone planning to continue breathing around me for an unspecified amount of time.”

“Remy, if no one’s told you before, you turn into a goddamn robot when you take all your weapons off. It’s like you’re trying to distance yourself from only having your own wiles to rely on.” I give her a blank look and she rolls her eyes. “Go on, then.”

“A group of assholes pretending to be street thugs cornered me. I was content to tell them to get bent until the leader mentioned our friend the Badger by name. That’s when I lost Remy and The Guillotine took over.” I shrug, tossing three spring-loaded Guillotine wires in various casings that were on my belt.

Lys tilts her head at the pile growing on the table. “You and The Guillotine are as much the same person as every other persona you’ve cultivated, including the throw away ones. I dated a shrink once, and she’d say it’s what you call your periods of disassociation that allow you to separate your work from your true self. You don’t have DID, but you absolutely make use of the training you received from LI to mimic it.”

Sucking a breath in through my nose, I narrow my eyes.

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