Scarlett knew how to perform for men who thought performance meant surrender. But when she found Lucian watching from the shadows, judgment in his eyes and violence in every line of his body, she gave him defiance instead of shame—and watched his control snap.
Whatever restraint he’d been holding onto fractured, and those eyes of the unholy turned murderous, setting my blood on fire with equal parts fear and hunger.
~Scarlett Hayes, Eyes of the Unholy
About this Scarlett Hayes quote
This Scarlett Hayes quote comes from Eyes of the Unholy by Evie James, the second book in the Sin Syndicate series. At The Black Ledger, Scarlett is forced into a dangerous performance and refuses to let humiliation become surrender. When she locks eyes with Lucian Byrne, the man from the church attempted abduction, their wordless confrontation ignites the collision at the heart of the book: fear and hunger, judgment and defiance, enemies to lovers tension, forced proximity, vigilante justice, and the dangerous protector who can no longer look away.
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