Aida

“Oh, of course. Mediocre men receiving positions of power they haven’t earned because of their birthrights. How against the grain.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“The Villain leaned down and spoke quietly in Evie’s ear, his voice smoky
and dark. “I don’t need your books.” His dark gaze on her was a caress, a
finger running down her cheek. “I already have it.” It felt like a secret
confided and a bitter confession all rolled into one.
What in the deadlands? “You already have what?”
His eyes lingered on her face, dipping to her red lips. “Inspiration.”
Now, why does that seemingly ordinary word suddenly sound absolutely
filthy?
Probably because he’s saying it while staring at you like he wants to melt
your corset. And pathetically…it’s working.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“It made him want to find every person who had made her feel less than remarkable and tear their eyelids off so they could get a better look at her.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain

“But any ailment of the heart could be ignored, or at the very least forgotten for a little while, when an open book sat before you, pages lined with nothing but new possibilities.”
― Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Accomplice to the Villain