The Shadow Like Me

Prologue

Kim Taehyung was the name that was given to me at birth.

I was somehow destined for darkness.

I wasn't born that way, but somewhere along the lines I got lost. The cards I had been dealt in life weren't fair, but it's too late to cry over spilled milk. I had made my choices and the road I went down was dark. And every choice made me who I was today.

Damaged.

Broken.

Malice.

Cold.

Everything I ever loved had abandoned me or been stripped away. I wasn't even sure I had a heart anymore. Not that I needed one.

I was now the shadow that was my former self.

Lilith made sure of that. Anything good in me died the day I met her. And there had been no going back.

That was until she entered my life.

Ava.

She was everything I was not. Gentle when I was callous. Laughter when I was pain. Love when I only knew hate. Light where I was complete darkness.

I knew I was toxic for her. The big bad wolf lingering over a helpless sheep. But I couldn't help it. Something about her drew me in, no matter how hard I tried to fight it. I kept going back.

But how could someone like her...love a shadow like me?