Unforgivable Needs

He wasn't just my best friend. He was arrogant. Tormented. Reckless. I shouldn't have wanted him, but I did. I still want him. Now, five years after a drunken mistake of a night, he's back. And something has changed. Dark under-eye circles mar his pretty face, and his mouth no longer smirks as readily as before. I should know better than to trust him with my heart again, but I can't forget how he breathed life into me back when we were kids. His darkness merged with mine and became something else. Something brighter. We clicked together like two jagged, leftover puzzle pieces. My best friend. My partner in crime. My ride-or-die. As he spirals further into self-destruction, I need to find a way to protect him from his harrowing past. Before it breaks us both. Contains mature themes.

Sparrow He's the one I need. When a smoking hot older biker saves me from a miserable night, I know I can call him home. But my dream soon turns into a nightmare when he kicks me out. Next thing I know, the past I've fought to escape comes back to haunt me. But I know where I can take refuge. If he'll have me. Louis I'm not the one he needs. And he's not mine to take. Too young. Too frail. Too broken. But he insists he needs me, and who am I to refuse when a cute boy with pouty lips and haunted eyes shows up on my doorstep? His demons are hot on his heels, and he counts on me for protection. But how can I protect him, if I can't even protect him from myself? Contains mature themes.

Noah The same night I'm meant to end it all, I find a golden-haired angel passed out in the snow. I'm just supposed to bring him home and nurse him back to health. To save him. To take care of him. But then I get greedy. I want him to stay. After all, he's the only thing standing between me and my ruin. Asher The start of the new year is going down the drain along with my sanity, and that's even before I wake up in some weirdo's basement. He keeps me under lock and key, claiming it's for my own good-that if he lets me go, I'll spiral back into the dark hole he pulled me out of. I should want to run. To escape as soon as I have the chance. But as the days pass and the lines blur, everything turns on its head, and I'm no longer sure who's the captive and who's the captor-who's in control, and who's desperate to submit. Contains mature themes.