Because of the Dark

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Wes</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I lost my dream. My scholarship.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My only choice was to start over away from everything I knew and cared about.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>All because my loyalty was challenged.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I was driven by anger and resentment toward the people I had once trusted with my life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until I was almost run off the road. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Kingsley</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This was not the plan. I wasn't supposed to stay.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The course of my future changed one fateful afternoon.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I ran into him: Weston Sheats-literally.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I swore I wouldn't let him get close wouldn't get attached. I failed.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An unexpected turn of events was the wake-up call I needed. I had to come clean. But would he accept my past?</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>**AUTHOR'S NOTE</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Because of the Dark</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> (BOTD) is an </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>INTERCONNECTED</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> standalone within The Dark Series.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 204 1)>The Paperback and Hardback now include the <u>FOUR additional BOTD Bonus Scenes</u> previously only available on my website.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This series is intended for </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>MATURE (18+) </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>readers. BOTD is labeled dark due to the themes that may be considered </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>TRIGGERS</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> for some. </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Reader discretion is advised.</strong></p><p><br></p>