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I had the perfect friends, the perfect family. The perfect everything. We were a greeting card you wanted to frame. And then he showed up on our doorstep, looking like the aftermath of a rock concert, claiming to be my adopted brother’s half-brother. Sounds like trouble, right? He looked like trouble. Hell, his name defined trouble. Ruffian had bad news and heartbreak written all over him. But knowing he would break my heart didn’t stop me from falling.

He taught me to kill. Murder is in my blood now. It runs through my veins and though I hide the monster I see in the mirror with ink, it doesn't keep him from coming out. My street name is Mercy, but I never show any. Except for her. I watch Becca, though she doesn't know. She saved me a long time ago; the day my father killed my mother. Her bravery turned her into a target. My father holds a grudge and knife with the same proficiency, and Becca is the focus of his hatred. And I'm the only monster who can save her.

I met her among the chaos of a gang fight - one that I inadvertently started. Ember. Beautiful, feisty, and passionate. And the sister of Mercy, an infamous assassin. We fell for each other, hard. Until forces outside of our control intervened. Now, she's a prisoner, doing everything she can to keep her family safe. And I'm her guard, doing everything I can to set her free. I'd take a bullet for her. Hell, I'd take a few. In this dark, twisted world, we only have each other. But I have to wonder, is that enough?

Verity Michaels is new to New York City, but even she knows riding in a stolen cab is not a normal way to meet someone. Damn it if that tattoo-covered would-be felon isn't everywhere now, and lighting everything on fire under her skirt. His name is Hudson Fenn, and he's frustratingly impossible to pin down. He works as a bike messenger, but has the manners of a prince - along with a strange tendency toward breaking and entering.

I named myself. I took the word animal out of their mouths, wore it like a badge of honor, then shoved it down their throats. I've fought for what I have. I see you coming before you even know you want a piece of me. In a city riddled with warring families, I'll rise up between them. My people, the broken souls I gather, will have power by the time I'm done with them.

I moved into the building next to Pixie when I was 11. She blew bubbles through my window. I shot my Nerf gun through hers. We both had secrets, but one of us was fated to get hurt. I wanted it to be me.

Ich musste mich zwischen dir und mir entscheiden. Ich habe dich gewählt! Das Leben war nie einfach für Pixie und Gaze. Pixies Mutter ist nur selten zu Hause, Gaze' Vater trinkt zu viel. Aber sie haben einander - und für Gaze war eins von Anfang an klar: Pixie ist die Eine. Sie hat ihn beschützt, als er neu im Viertel war. Ohne einander wären sie untergegangen. Sie haben sich versprochen, immer zusammenzubleiben. Doch eines Tages muss sich Pixie entscheiden: für ihr Versprechen oder für Gaze' Leben.

Kann eine Lüge Wahrheit werden? Für Ruffian ist nur eines wichtig: seiner verstorbenen Mutter ein Denkmal setzen, indem er die Menschen, um die sie sich gekümmert hat, aus der bitteren Armut befreit. Dafür ist er sogar bereit, ins Gefängnis zu gehen. Doch als es ihm tatsächlich gelingt, sich in die Kreise der wohlhabenderen Gesellschaft einzuschleichen, trifft er auf ein unerwartetes Hindernis: Teddi Burathon und ihre liebevolle Familie. Mit jedem Tag wird die Überwindung größer, Teddi zu belügen. Ein Kuss ist genug, um zu begreifen, dass sie die Eine für ihn ist.