" Miss Fairfax frowned. “I’m already uncomfortable with the possibility I may have kidnapped him. Do you not think murder would be worse?” “It would be quicker,” explained Miss Tarleton. “If you kidnap someone, then you’re stuck with them. But if you murder them, you’re done.” Once again, Valentine was not enjoying the direction of the discourse. “You will not like it, Miss Tarleton, if you murder me. "
― Alexis Hall , Something Fabulous (Something Fabulous, #1)