God of Malice

Glyndon confronts Cecily about what she heard her say to Brandon when she thought she was dreaming. Cecily reveals that after Devlin’s death, she found a canvas with the words, “Why are you still breathing, Glyndon?” (218) written in red paint on their doorstep, leading Glyndon to wonder if she’s in more trouble than she thought. Glyndon decides to go to Nikolai’s party later, thinking it may be a way to get information about Devlin’s mysterious death, but she doesn’t tell Killian. Glyndon sees Gareth at the party and follows him upstairs, where she confronts him and offers a bargain: She’ll help Gareth with Killian in any way he wants if he helps her figure out what happened to Devlin, whom Gareth admits he knew personally. Gareth says he’ll use Glyndon as a weapon against Killian and kisses her before Killian quickly rips his brother off her.

Glyndon is shocked to see the fight between the brothers and notices that Gareth purposely provoked Killian to confront him about how he fakes his facade for his family. Glyndon is scared and runs, knowing she should have never gotten between the two, but Killian grabs her and pulls her into his bedroom. He’s angry, but she’s aroused and can’t think of anything but him as he pursues her. When he forces himself on her, she feels relief and admits that she wants him to hurt her.

Killian watches Glyndon as she sleeps the next morning, reveling in the blood and bruises he left on her. He knows he nearly lost control with Glyndon and could have easily choked her to death, but he was shocked by her tenderness toward him. He knows she’s trying to distance herself from him when she wakes up, and he tries to get her to admit that she wanted him to assault her the first time they met. She asks him if he would have stopped if she had asked him the night before, but he doesn’t give her an affirmative answer.

Glyndon sneaks out of Killian’s bedroom in the middle of the night and overhears Jeremy and Gareth talking about something secretive. Killian quickly finds her and carries her back upstairs, threatening to tie her to him.

Killian tries to convince Glyndon to skip her classes and spend the day in bed with him, but he ultimately brings her breakfast in bed and drives her back to her dorm. On the way, they discuss how Killian pretends to be someone he’s not to the outside world; he argues that it’s how he can best get by in life. Contrarily, Glyndon always wants to know the full truth behind everything, and hearing this makes Killian admit that he still doesn’t know exactly what he wants from her. When Glyndon gets home, her friends are waiting for her, worried about where she was. They show her a picture Killian posted on his Instagram of them together with a caption possessively claiming that Glyndon is “off-limits.” Glyndon is tagged in the photo, and she gets a text from Landon threatening to kill Killian if she gets anywhere near him again.

When Killian returns to his car after his classes, he finds Landon and Brandon leaning against it. They’ve come to threaten him to stay away from Glyndon, but Killian argues that she wants to be with him. He tries to get on Brandon’s good side by revealing what he knows about the King family dynamics, and it seems to work. When Killian’s cousin Mia appears and invites all but Landon—who has keyed Killian’s car—to lunch, Brandon goes too. Landon gives Killian a week to stop seeing Glyndon and ominously threatens him.

Glyndon hears people talking about her behind her back all day, and her friends question her about her relationship with Killian. Killian texts her a picture with Brandon to make her nervous, so she drives to his highly guarded mansion and, surprisingly, is let in. Glyndon is terrified for her brother, but when she gets to the mansion she sees Brandon, Killian, and Mia having fun playing video games. When Glyndon goes to hide in the bathroom, Killian follows her to force her to have sex. He tries to get Glyndon to admit that she belongs to him, but Glyndon refuses, knowing it’s the one piece of herself she still has.