Demyan & Ana (14 page)

About the Author

Bethany-Kris
is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to three very young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, a snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a spouse calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something ... when she can find the time.

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Author’s Note

It isn’t often I find the need to leave a note at the end of one of my novels, but in the case of
Demyan & Ana
, I believe it’s needed. Initially, while penning this novella for my readers, I was aware there would be triggers and topics that would be incredibly difficult for some to read. Not only because the readers so adored these characters and wanted to see more of them, yet their journey wasn’t necessarily a happy one, but because of the subject brought up.

I didn’t intend for
Demyan & Ana
to become a rights vocalization, or a forum for my personal opinions and views on rape, victim-blaming, slut-bashing, and so on. But, I also knew that with every word I put down, I was opening up that door. I do not condone vigilante justice like what took place in the novel, but
Demyan & Ana
is fiction and dramatized to follow the kind of lifestyle they live. It is not real life.

The statistics, however, are frightening and very real. One in five women will be raped in their lifetime. Consent has turned into a grayed area in today’s society. Victims regularly feel unsure about their rape, or worse, to blame for it. If something feels off, it probably is and listen to the gut feeling you have. It can sometimes be the best—or your only—defense. Rapists are not just shady people in a dark alley. Often, they are someone we know.

My mother is one in five.

My friend is one in five.

I am one in five.

Please seek help in whatever way possible if you or someone you know is one, too.

Always,

Bethany-Kris

Copyright
© 2015 by Bethany-Kris. All rights reserved.

WARNING: The unauthorized distribution or reproduction of this copyrighted work is illegal. No parts of this work may be used, reproduced, or printed without expressed written consent by the author/publisher. Exceptions are made for small excerpts used in reviews.

ISBN: 978-0-9937797-3-2

Cover Art © Gabriel Georgescu

This is work of fiction. Characters, names, places, corporations, organizations, institutions, locales, and so forth are all the product of the author’s imagination, or if real, used fictitiously. Any resemblance to a person, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.