Glen and his boyfriend Aiden live a mostly peaceful life in New York City, but then Aiden’s abusive ex, Stephan, comes back into the picture. After an odd encounter with a Catholic priest, Glen begins acting strangely.<br><br>He attributes it to stress at first, but then things get even worse. Glen experiences mental blackouts, and when he comes to, he finds he has been up to no good. A stolen wallet here, a violent loss of temper there, and an unsettling trend of nightmares plague him.<br><br>Glen prays he isn’t losing his mind and hopes he can regain control of himself, but when Stephan slips back into old habits and goes after Aiden, the darkness in Glen’s soul takes over again. Can Glen subdue his inner demons before they consume him, or is it already too late?

Vitia ex Virtus

“Yep, because I have…” Aiden kissed Glen on the cheek, “…the greatest boyfriend…” and a kiss on the other, “…in the world.” Then he kissed Glen full on the mouth.


When they finally got to a pool table, another couple asked if they could play doubles.


“Sure,” Glen said. “I don’t see why not.”


“Do you want to make it…interesting?” one of the other guys, a somewhat chunky but still handsome man in his twenties, asked. He pulled out a thick wallet and wiggled it to clarify his intentions.


Glen bit his lips shut. He wasn’t that great of a shot, and he considered himself too money-conscious to gamble anyway. “Maybe not this time.”


The chunky guy’s partner elbowed him. “Come on, Chris. You know it annoys me when you flash your cash like that.”


Chris turned his nose up. “It was just a suggestion.”


Chapter 7