‘You are not good for anyone, Augustus and I mean anyone. I know you. Best. You will keep on hurting them because of your personal issues. You will keep on pushing them away. You will only hurt Rion again and again until he is done, spent, until he leaves you by yourself. You are that horrendous.’ Bullsh*t. Everything Vanity has said was complete bullsh*t But it was inescapable. The way she has always known how to drag Augustus down has become unavoidable. That woman was trained in brainwashing. In manipulating him. She has always done that before, and god, it always worked. The thing he has not expected was for it to affect him until the present time. Vanity knew too much. Knew more than enough. That she could easily maneuver inside Augustus' feelings and use his weaknesses against

