#Chapter13

"Quando ho finito, temo che non rimarrà più nulla da scambiare."

(When I'm finished I'm afraid there won't be anything left to trade.)

Lucian studied Sebastian for a beat, finally his stance loosened and he gave me a sadistic smirk before nodding.

I took in his stunning features.

"How could someone so beautiful be so ugly on the inside?" I found myself thinking.

My mother always told me that looks could be deceiving. Now I know what she meant.

The reason beauty is deceiving is because human beings are naturally drawn to it. Our minds have a hard time accepting that something our eyes find appealing can actually be...