Three. This is my number. It’s the exact sum of reasons I continue to go on. One: To strengthen my body. Make it strong. Make it a machine. Make it so that what happened before can never, ever, happen again. Two: To help others find their own strength so that what happened to me, what happened to my Olivia, doesn’t happen to them. And three: My favorite—to find the bastards that took my life away and make them pay for what they did. This is what my life is now. A dead man, inside a scarred body, living only for revenge. \*This is part one in a five part novella serial. \\Due to sexual situations and violence, this series is recommended for 18+.

My need for power came to me by accident. The need was real. It was overwhelming. It was consuming me. So we played a dangerous game of trial and error. What I could handle and what I couldn't. It became apparent fairly quickly that I couldn't handle much. But I liked this game because I controlled it. Link and Rocky’s story continues in this second installment of the Dirty series. \*This is part two in a five-part novella series. \\Due to sexual situations and violence, this series is recommended for 18+ .

I had no idea when I met Linken Elliot that he would be capable of doing this to me. I was perfectly unhappy, living my miserable existence before he came along. I was fine humping strange men’s faces in dirty bar bathrooms. I was comfortable living like a hermit and drinking myself into oblivion. I. Was. Fine. Now I want things. I want him. Link and Rocky's story continues in this third installment of the Dirty series. \*This is part three in a five-part novella series. \\Due to sexual situations and violence, this series is recommended for 18+.

I wake up to a warm body draped along my side. I smile as the foreign feeling of happiness radiates in my chest. Everything comes rushing back as Rocky’s scent fills my senses. Not Olivia’s. My happiness bursts like a broken dam. Not because Olivia isn’t here. But because as I realized it was Rocky’s body against me, I still felt satisfied. Because I didn’t feel the misery of Livie’s loss. Because all I can feel now is shame. My first instinct wasn’t to miss Liv. It was to enjoy Rocky. Link and Rocky's story continues in this fourth installment of the Dirty novella series. \*This is part four in a five-part novella series. \\Due to sexual situations and violence, this series is recommended for 18+.

“What I did today… I don’t want to be that person anymore. I don’t know how you can stand to touch me." “I’ll never stop wanting to touch you, Link. I’m pretty sure you’re the only one I want to touch for the rest of my life.” Link and Rocky's story concludes in this fifth and final installment of the Dirty series. \*This is part five in a five-part novella series. \\Due to sexual situations and violence, this series is recommended for 18+.

Link and Rocky's story continues. Three. This is my number. The sum of reasons why I continue to go on. One: She needs me. Two: I have to protect her. And three: With her, I feel human. But the weight of a man’s secrets is a thousand pounds on his shoulders. Two thousand more on his chest. Trapping him. Crushing him. My secrets are slaughtering me. Fear and regret—of what I’ve done, of whom I’ve become, and of what I’ve let go—are dragging me into a hole, and I can’t claw my way out. The deeper I sink, the farther I push her away. The farther she goes, the more my mind spirals. Down into a black abyss. It’s dark here. So damn dark. She needs to know what I’ve done. I have to tell her. But how can I battle the darkness if I lose my light? This is what my life is now. I’m a shadow of a man in a scarred body, longing to live again. \*THIS IS THE FULL-LENGTH SEQUEL TO THE DIRTY NOVELLA SERIES. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU READ THIS AFTER READING THE DIRTY SERIES. \\DUE TO STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT AND SCENES OF VIOLENCE, THIS SERIES IS RECOMMENDED FOR READERS 18+ ONLY.