Shards of Darkness

STRENGTH ISN'T FOUND IN THE LIGHT. IT'S FORGED IN THE DARK.

Liya Walker has never been strong. She is bullied at school, chastised at home, and bound to a boyfriend who uses her fear as leverage to keep her under his control. She dreams of escaping the small town of Carson City, but years of pain have taught her one brutal truth: she is too fragile to make it on her own. She survives each day by staying small, hiding when she can, and never fighting back.

Until she meets her new neighbor. Mat...