" I see that look in your eyes,” he says. “It’s best you put an end to that shit right now.”
“What look is that?” I ask.
“Hope. It ain’t gonna do you no fucking good. Not with me. It’s best you stick to fear. Hope may feel like the beginning, but it will gut you in the end. “
His lips brush my ear. “Trust me on that one. "

― T.M. Frazier , Up in Smoke (King, #8)