~You have to be careful or the darkness might just breach your walls when you least expect it.
Needless to say, you have to stay fortified. The word of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth to it and is safe~

A war is on. A war between the light and darkness. As an age long push and pull ensue, which side will give in, which side will surrender?

The dark is scary and yet enticing. It is easy to fall off a cliff when the voice on the other side is so alluring, so sweet.

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It's been eight months since Luke died in a freak accident that inevitably changed Adriel's life forever. 

College has started and Adriel doesn't know how she would manage without her brother. Alex, his best friend just upped and left not being able to handle his death, the consequence being, she'd had to handle it alone. 

Relief came in form of Jayden Crow a goergeous senior who gave her everything she needed and wanted. He was a drug and she was soon getting addicted, but wasn't that how the darkness worked?

Be the sweetest thing you've ever tasted until it becomes poison in your gut.

Everything was normal until he came and turned it upside down and she let him in till he became her ruin. He was the darkness and she was supposed to be the light.

Truths are told, faith is renewed, wounds are healed and strength is found—but at what cost?

FORTIFIED

He was alone in his room. Dark brown hair was brushed to the side as he sat on the edge of his bed. For the past week, he'd been trying to locate her. As if she was hidden—he'd had no such luck. 


He remembered the day she'd broken free from him. His being had nearly shattered from the force of repulsion he'd felt when his hold on her was broken. 


She was getting stronger and he was getting weaker. 


He felt hands on his bareback and as if just remembering that someone else was on his bed, he looked down at the human girl that laid on it. 


He stared at her and listened to her heartbeat. It was addicting. He'd been stocking up for the past weeks, laying hold on whoever he could find. 


Chapter Thirteen