Marriah Roberts feels like she's living someone else's life and fulfilling someone else's dreams. Her life has always been pre-planned and predictable. 
She, quite literally, bumps into Will Grayson.
It turns out that he's being hunt down by the country's most dangerous criminal gang. Marriah tries to help him but she ends up being kidnapped with him.
Will Grayson has a few skeletons locked up in his closet. His harsh past has forced him to stop trusting people. He doesn't let anyone in, until he meets Marriah.
Will isn't the perfect man everyone thinks he is. He's done things which he's not proud of. Things which make him dangerous. But when he and Marriah are thrown together into a dangerous new world he is forced to look at life with a new perspective. Spending time with the fiery but naive Marriah Roberts awakens his conscience, which he thought was long gone.
Trying to escape the evil clutches of the dangerous criminal Dominic Black, the two make an unusual team and develop an unbreakable bond. Marriah soon finds out the true meaning of friendship and trust.
She discovers that someone in her life has been hiding a deep dark secret all along. Someone she's come to care for deeply.
Can she save herself without losing everything?

TAKEN BY THE DARK

I knew I was dreaming, but I didn't want it to end. I never wanted to wake up, I didn't want to face reality, I couldn't.


An eerie white light seemed to surround me, going on and on, spiraling into nothingness. But strangely, I felt at peace.


Someone called my name. I gazed up at the beautiful face of my mother, her face had a strangely beautiful glow, her dark hair flowing freely behind her. It had been too long since I'd last dreamed about her. I was happy to see her, with her by my side I felt content, I felt safe, even if it was just a dream.


"My darling. You're in pain, you're suffering." My mother's melodious voice spoke.


I nodded my head looking up at her pleadingly, "Please make the pain go away."


She looked at me affectionately before speaking, "Remember the story I told you when you were small? About a king and his adviser. Everything happens for a reason my love, for the better. You must believe in that, now more than ever. You must be strong Marriah."


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