Love does not always begin or end the way we wish it would.

My heart, independent of my logic, had reserved a place for my tormentor and my solace.

He was my tormentor and my solace; the creator of the dark and the light within.

This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you.

I'm telling you, monsters aren't born, they're made.

In the dark, my master let down his guard and he was Caleb again. He didn't correct me. He didn't punish me. He didn't push me away emotionally. Caleb was there to hold me until the nightmares passed. He was there to tell me I was beautiful. He was there to tell me I was going to be okay. In the dark, he seduced me. I didn't want the seduction to end.

Above all else, I had learned the one thing every person has to learn to make it through life: the only person you can truly count on is yourself.