NICKLAUS

I still can't believe the bastard has a wife and a kid. It makes my skin crawl.

Telling Ava? It might break her, not in that way, but of course she was going to regret falling for his schemes and lies. But that's the thing about stepping into the role of the villain, you start digging. You pull up everything, turn every stone, find every damn thread you can use.

And the Moon Goddess knows I didn't plan for them to die. Not at first. Who knows someone can change so fast?

When Theo wouldn't budge, when he kept taunting, kept smiling like he rule and controls, it was...