Love isn't supposed to taste like betrayal. And they aren't supposed to like the way it hurts. But they'll risk everything for an obsession that might destroy them both. Coda I was innocent once. Until I watched my parents die by the hands of a man they trusted. The streets swallowed me, and no one noticed. I swore then that he'd paid. I've spent the last twenty-five years covered in blood, biding my time. I'm the thing monsters fear. I'm the last thing they see. Until now. Until her. I came for her father. I left with her. I wasn't supposed to feel. I wasn't supposed to fall. But now, I'll claim. And I'll kill. She's mine. No one is taking her from me. Karina I was drowning once. Until he held out his hand and pulled me into the dark. I swore then that I'd follow him anywhere. But I didn't know I was following him to hell. He has secrets. And sins. And somehow, I'm caught in the middle, a pawn in a game I don't understand. But still, I feel. Still, I fall. And when the truth comes out, I break. Love isn't supposed to taste like betrayal. And I'm not supposed to miss the way it hurts. And yet...I want it back. Even if it destroys everything.