Prudence

Cursed with perfect recall, the horrifying and brutal events that unfolded on my eleventh birthday left me fractured, and in a constant state of hypervigilance.

Seven years on, I'm still fighting to navigate the panic attacks triggered off by the slightest things;

The nearness of a man. A heated look. Insidious whispers. The barest touch.

Enter Axel, a mountain of a man running from the demons of his own damaged past.

One step, one minute, one breath at a time, my unexpected ally gently stretches the boundaries of all my triggers. My skin doesn't crawl from his careful touches. His patience helps me feel strong, resilient, and worth something.

I start to think that maybe, just maybe, there is a light waiting for me in the darkness after all.

That is until a chain of events lead me right back to where I started. Events set off by Axel, the one man who swore he'd protect me.

Prudence is book 2 in the Scars Of Credence series, but can be read as a stand-alone, it will be a richer experience if you read Credence first.