~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

*If you have "Love Came Down" by Kari Jobe, please play it ❤️. It goes wonderfully well with the chapter. Enjoy!!* 


He looked around and saw that he was still in his room, but he wasn't on his bed. His eyes widened. 


He looked at Adriel asleep on the floor beside him, a mere inch away from his face. 


He lowered his gaze remembering all the events that had happened earlier that day. 


He hesitantly reached out and touched her face. 


She stirred slightly at his touch, pulling him closer. 


She was the most important person in the world to him. 


He wouldn't have been able to bear it if he'd lost her. 


"Adriel." He whispered her name softly, tracing the curves of her face with feather-light touches. 


She let out an incoherent sound before her eyes fluttered open. 


He couldn't look away as her eyes met his. 


She looked at him, her face dangerously close to his. 


Chapter Twenty One