When my father left my mother and me for a better life, I was devastated and naively thought my life couldn't get any worse. How wrong I was. My new stepfather decided he was entitled to my body, and my mother became an alcoholic who did her best to ignore my existence. My only solace in life was my younger twin stepsisters and my best friend, Dane. Over time, Dane and I became more than friends; he knew my deepest, darkest secrets, and I knew his. When I turned sixteen, I couldn't stand my stepfather's abuse any longer, so I reached out to my father and begged him to take me in. Overnight I went from sleeping in a putrid-smelling, cramped trailer to living in a mansion. It was there that I met the devil himself. Disguised as my new, breath-taking stepbrother, Ryder.
Ryder and his three best friends, Saint, West and Lawson turned my world upside down. At first, they possessively loved and adored me; unfortunately, that all changed the night of my junior prom, where my life went from bad to worse. The four boys I had grown to trust with my secrets and body turned on me when the queen bitch of the school shared a video with them. Now my only allies in life are Dane and a sweetheart named Matt, who is willing to take any beating my stepbrother and his friends give him to stay at my side. Life had always handed me lemons; was I strong enough to turn those bitches into lemonade?
Trigger warnings: Dub/Con, Non/Con, SA, Drug use, Self harm, Murder.
D.A.R.K.E.R
Darren. Aaron. Romero. Kieran. Eli. And Rafael. Six friends--six underground rulers. They'll lead you down in darkness where your soul will never escape.
He taught me how to fight. To stand up for myself. And that's exactly what I planned to do.
I moved out after my mom died. I was sixteen, but my step-dad Romero, said I could come back whenever I wanted.
So when the bills piled up and college was just around the corner, I moved back in at eighteen. It was the only way I'd be able to afford an education, and though he wasn't my real dad, I knew Romero would take care of me.
But when I stumble into his private den to ask for money, I inadvertently interrupt him and his handsome, wealthy friends playing poker. Too late to leave, I ask for the money I need to buy a new car.
That's when his friends start to bid on me.
On my virginity.
But they're spouting numbers that I can't even picture having a dollar sign in front of. They're all dangerous--but not even I know just how dangerous until it's too late. Even though Romero tries to stop me, I decide to consider what it would mean to give up my body for money.
Except the way he looks at me, I can't help but think he's the one that wants to take what I'm offering.