Holly Black Quote

Feels almost like real agent work, doesn’t it? Barron says as we walk down the street, heads bowed against the wind. You know, if we caught your girlfriend committing a crime, I bet Yulikova would give us a bonus or something for being prize pupils. Except that we’re not going to do that, I say. I thought you wanted us to be good guys. He grins a too-wide grin. He’s enjoying needling me, and my reacting only makes it worse, but I can’t stop. Not if it means hurting her, I say, my voice as deadly as I can make it. Never her. Got it. Hurting, bad. But how do you excuse stalking her and her friends, little brother? I’m not excusing it, I say. I’m just doing it.