I have spent my entire life fighting. Fighting for survival. Fighting my past. Fighting to keep anyone from getting to close. Until him. Theodore Ellis. He’s my light in the darkness. The only person who makes me truly feel. My most unlikely of saviours. No matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to fight him. No matter how many blows I rain down on him, he remains, loyal and unmoving. I love him. I need him. Theo is my vulnerability, the chink in my armour, but he is also my strength. I can’t fight him anymore. The past only holds as much power as you allow it to. It’s time to tell my story. It’s time to bare my soul, and let Theo into my dark world. It’s time to take back my power. Love is a war. She who dares wins. I’m ready to risk it all. I’m ready to surrender.