Acknowledgments
This one’s for the girls that love their books dark, crazy AF, and the heroes a little dirty.
HAPPY READING, MY BEAUTIFUL BABES!!!
Also, a huge THANK YOU to my team. Seriously, I couldn’t do this without you.
Michelle Myers, Ana Rita, K.I. Lynn, C.M. Steele, Marti Lynch, & Mary B. Moore; you guys keep me going when I lose track of my goals. You push me to be better, to not second guess myself when I think I lost my flow. This book was finished because each of you never let me quit or let my fears of entering a new genre stop me.
I love you all so much and I’m thankful to have you in my life.
XOXO
PLAYLIST
Papercut - Linkin Park
Given Up - Linkin Park
Broken - Seether, Amy Lee
Killing Strangers - Marilyn Manson
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
It’s Been Awhile - Staind
Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold
Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene - Hozier
Demons - Imagine Dragons
Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
18th Floor Balcony - Blue October
Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls
Heathens - Twenty One Pilots
Gasoline - Halsey
Valentine’s Day - Linkin Park
The Scientist - Coldplay
Don’t Cry - Guns N’ Roses
Here’s To The Heartache - Nothing More
Still In Love - Nothing More
Through Glass - Stone Sour
Wicked Games - Stone Sour
A Beautiful Mess - Jason Mraz
Earned It - The Weeknd
Can I Be Him - James Arthur
Better Love - Hozier
Machu Picchu - Camilo, Evaluna
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King
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he act of sleeping has always been special to me. The naivete that even the vilest creatures adapt while their bodies succumb to exhaustion is an intriguing thing.
You have no choice. You’re not aware of your surroundings or the danger that lurks around each corner, and it’s at that time of day when even the strongest become prey. Weak. Where vulnerability and fear rule as king while those without a moral compass, who thirst for blood more than they do breathing, roam freely and without remorse.