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

/"Let's go./" Will murmured as he finally let go of me and regained his composure.

I nodded mutely and followed him out the room into the dark hallway. I was a little embarrassed that I had witnessed him in such a vulnerable state earlier. Will was usually resilient and firm, I'd never imagined seeing him cry. He was sorry for what he'd done. His mother's life had been on the line. The logical part of me knew that he'd had no choice.

If it was my mother wouldn't I have done the same?

He was trying to redeem himself by doing the right thing now, by helping me and Rachel escape, but I didn't think I could forgive him that easily. I had trusted him, I had cared for him deeply and his betrayal had completely shattered me. I didn't think I had it in me to let him in again.

My mother's words echoed through my mind:

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