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. 

But then unfortunate circumstances end with her and a wealthy stranger named Will Grayson being captured and held hostage by the country's most notorious criminal- Dominic Black.

Will isn't the perfect man everyone thinks he is. He's done things he's not proud of. Things which make him dangerous. 

But when he and Marriah are thrown together into a dangerous new world he's forced to look at life with a new perspective. Spending time with the fiery but naïve Marriah Roberts awakens his long lost conscience. 

He can't help but feel an overwhelming urge to protect her but what if the person she needs protection from is him? 

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 harboring a dark secret all along. Someone she cares for deeply.

Can she save herself without losing everything?

Taken By The Dark

I opened my eyes and I blinked in the sudden brightness. I tried to get up but the sharp pain in my arm and neck forced me to fall back onto the soft bed I was lying on. I noticed that the side of my neck and right arm were bandaged and recalled the incident that had occurred with Dominic Black and let out a frustrated sigh.

How did I always manage to get myself stuck in the worst possible situations?

I sank further into the comfortable bed.

I finally took in my surroundings. I was in a beautiful room with cream colored walls and peach drapes that were opened and allowing sunlight to flood in. The walls had framed pictures of beautiful landscapes hanging on them and on the side table sat a single black and white lamp. I tried to get up again, slowly this time and after a few winces and groans I finally succeeded.

/"Well you're definitely not a morning person./" I heard an unfamiliar voice say.

Chapter8