Liars by J.L. Weil

KAYLOR

I never fully understood the depth of sayings like what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger—until I nearly died.

Orphaned on a Friday night. Living in hell by Saturday.

My godfather is anything but loving, and his sons… They’re pure evil.

The most tragic night of my life turned into a living nightmare—one I couldn’t wake up from, couldn’t run from, and couldn’t escape.

Imprison me.

Torment me.

Shame me.

But they don’t realize I’m already ruined.

The Corvo boys love to use me as their punching bag, their plaything, their excuse for cruelty. But pain is a language I learned to speak long before they sharpened their knives. Nothing Raine, Kreed, Maddox, and Mason do to me can compare to what I’ve already endured.

You can’t shatter something that’s already in pieces.

And I refuse to let the Corvo boys be the ones who finally destroy me.

KREED

Kaylor Steele is everything I despise.

Looking at her, I don’t see the beauty, hurt, and innocence everyone else does.

All I see is red—blinding rage, pain, and loathing.

My father welcomes her into our home, but that isn’t enough. He wants my brothers and me to monitor her.

Oh, with pleasure.

I have plans for the little raven, the broken girl they all whisper about. She’s a target. A weakness. A game I fully intend to win.

She doesn’t know the rules. She’s a nobody at Elmwood Public. This is my school. My rules. And there’s only one way this ends.

With her on her knees.

Begging.

Broken.

Bruised.

At least that was the plan…