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

Daddy was coming home, I didn't like it when daddy came home. He was always angry when he came home.

/"Mommy, why is daddy so angry all the time? Does he hate us?/"

/"No darling. It's just that daddy is sad and sadness does that to people sometimes, it makes them forget who they once were./" My mother answered gently.

I didn't want daddy to be sad. I wanted him to be happy, I wanted him to love me and mommy.

I heard a car pull up in the driveway. It was daddy.

/"Go upstairs to your room and don't come down. Okay Will?/" Mommy told me as she gently pushed me towards the stairs. She sounded calm but I knew she was as scared as I was.

I wanted to protect mommy from daddy. But I couldn't, I was too small.

I scrambled up to my room as fast as I could. I heard daddy enter the house.

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