When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart. ***** Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence. [#1 in teen fiction, romance and action]

"The day you died, it was as if my heart was made of glass. It shattered into pieces, and no one was able to glue it back together." "Why didn't you just move on? Why didn't you save yourself all of the pain, the grief, the misery and forget about me?" "A lot of people said the same. Move on, forget about him, be happy. But I couldn't. Without you by my side, I could never be happy. Because I am Forever Yours." The Vampire Diaries Season 4 - 6 All credit goes to @the1andonlytifftiff, for the idea, cover and story line Book 1 of 2 Cover by @BonitaRogue Voted Best Plot set within TVD in the TVD Fanfic Awards 2017 Voted Best Damon Salvatore Fanfic in the TVD Fanfic Awards 2017 Voted Best Damon Salvatore Fanfic in the What a Feeling! Awards Show!