After the Rain
Melissa Speight
For my family, for their unending love and support
Prologue
The barrel of the gun pressed deeply into her temple. She could feel his hand twitching near the trigger, bracing himself to pull.
She knew she was playing a dangerous game.
This man was unpredictable, but he had cost her everything. He had cost Darcy her family and her freedom. He had taken her innocence and stolen her away from the world. She was locked away, abused mentally and physically. She longed for the life she had dreamed of and despised the life she had been forced into.
Darcy bared scars all across her body and throughout her mind from the things the man in front of her had put her through.
