Ascending Darkness (Shattering the Darkness) (37 page)

As the evening wore on, she now was feeling quite sorry for herself. She had opened up one of her private zip files and stared at the happy memories that flipped from picture to picture in their sequence, frame by frame, an endless stream of once happy times, with someone who had once held her heart. But she had pushed him away too, like all the others. She liked to look at these pictures. They reminded her of how human she was.

She stared at the montage of pictures; her fingers softly stroked the image on the screen, of a man fast asleep. The man, who once filled her with so much passion, she thought she would burst. There he was a reminder of a time when she was alive. That man alone, made the blood pump through her veins. Her stomach lurched; it always did when she thought of him.

She jerked herself out of the image of that morning when she had taken that picture. That morning had been one of the happiest she had ever known. It had been a blissfully hot sultry night, filled with copious amounts of dirty sex, although sex wouldn’t have been the word to describe it, it was making love, or the only thing she could compare it to. He had been unaware of this photo’s existence. She had worried about him waking up with the flash of the camera. It had, but had ended up with them making love for a whole hour. It had been the last morning they had shared as it was also the start of the operation of Mr. Nichols extraction, which had meant that she was housed in the office until the lads came home. That week her world had been turned upside down in more ways than one…

I Samantha Fontien, give you my full permission to use the name and Character of Duncan Peters, and his company 'Blackcard', as well as Rizzo, in your book Ascending Darkness.

Kind Regard

Samantha Fontien. Xx

About the Author

Jessica grew up in a small town in Southern Iowa. She went to nursing school and became a nurse only to realize her passion was in writing and reading. She loves to spend her time with friends and is very close with her family. It took her a long time to realize she even had a joy of reading. Once having declared there was no point when the books always became movies. At twenty four she discovered how wrong she was and became obsessed with reading and made up for lost time by doing it nonstop. She began writing when dozens of ideas kept flowing through her mind that she knew she had to get out.

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I want to thank each and every one of the readers the most. Your support and enthusiasm amazes me every day.

I also want to thank my father. Without you there is no way I would be able to do this. Your continued support in so many way
s makes me admire you more and more each and every day.

Mom, thank you so much for all of your support and always being an amazing cheerleader for me. I hope you enjoy this book and that it doesn’t disappoint you.

Grandma, I hope this one isn’t too dirty for you…

Brother, The Asshole, thanks for always being a dick. If I didn’t have someone to keep me in my place, I’m pretty sure the world would end. Love you.

To all of my friends that have been patiently waiting for me to finish this book so that you can see me again, I hate to tell you but I’ve already started another one… I’ll do better about spending time with you all. I promise!

To my sisters in Ankeny, Scranton, Ireland, Australia, and Istanbul: Without you, I would go completely fucking insane. In this crazy world that we have immersed ourselves in, I feel at home and at peace as long as I have you. Our Google chats are some of the best times I have.

To the blogs and book clubs:

There really is too many to thank. And though, while I have a list, I believe it would take up a whole other book to list you and thank you properly for everything you have done for me. You are all amazing and authors would be nothing without you!

A special thank you to Summer’s Book Blog, and Summer herself. You have given me the most amazing advice in the world. You have helped me to make this process smooth. You are totally going to reach your dreams and accomplish so much in this world.

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