Wes I lost my dream. My scholarship. My only choice was to start over, away from everything I knew and cared about. All because my loyalty was challenged. I was driven by anger and resentment toward the people I had once trusted with my life. Until I was almost run off the road. Kingsley This was not the plan. I wasn't supposed to stay. The course of my future changed one fateful afternoon. I ran into him: Weston Sheats-literally. For over a year, I remained in the shadows. The need for him to notice me, just once, made me step out of the dark. I swore I wouldn't let him get close, wouldn't get attached. I failed. An unexpected turn of events was the wake-up call I needed. I had to come clean. But would he accept my past? **AUTHOR'S NOTE Because of the Dark (BOTD) is an INTERCONNECTED standalone within The Dark Series. The Paperbacks and Hardback now include the FOUR additional BOTD Bonus Scenes, previously only available on my website. ¿This series is intended for MATURE (18+) readers. BOTD is labeled dark due to the themes that may be considered TRIGGERS for some. Reader discretion is advised.