Scar:/ A mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed. What a clinical definition... My name is CUT. It's the name of my choosing. The only name the world will ever know. Only two people know my real name: my mom and my best friend. The woman whose innocence gave me these markings. I fight to keep it this way, both literally and figuratively. I train criminals. I make a living walking into dens of thieves, criminals, and murders, and training them to become more depraved. She’s a walking sex goddess, well aware of her power of over men. She's loud-mouthed, snarky, and loose with her morals, but her loyalty knows no bounds. She wouldn’t hurt a fly. Maybe talk the thing death, but that’s about it. I avoid her at all costs, but for some reason she doesn’t avoid me. Does she not see my scars? The raw, pink flesh that mars my skin. I fight, train, burn, cut… but not her... never her. Is it love? It can’t be. I'm a monster. Trigger Warning: Sexual content. Author Note: This is Cut's book from the Roses & Thorns series. Can be read as standalone.