Masks & Mayhem by Lauren Ellis

I’m not a good girl, not really.
I mean, I get good grades, and I’ve never been arrested, but it’s not for lack of a little law-breaking. I don’t have the time or luxury of a moral compass—not when I have someone counting on me.
So, I’ve been keeping my head down, getting everything ready for us to flee this place. But the past has a way of catching up to us. And mine drags me kicking and screaming into the dark world of the Hannover Heathens, the gang that rules this city and everyone in it. While they debate whether to use me or kill me, I’m assigned some semi-psychotic, heavily tattooed babysitters to watch my every move.
They think they’ve got my secrets all figured out, that I’m just some innocent, naïve girl who stumbled into the underbelly of this city.
But I’m familiar with their dark world, and it’s not a scary place for the reasons they think.
It’s scary because this kind of darkness fits me all-too-well. But if it’s one thing I’m counting on, it’s being the kind of girl they underestimate.
So, go ahead, boys—wear your masks.
You haven’t realized just yet, but I’m wearing one too.