Happy Ever After Dark, book 1: Beautiful Beasts
Sasha R. C.2024

Dante Calloway :
The world is filled with darkness, violence, and pure desire.
All you have to do is look close enough.
People are afraid to allow themselves the pleasure they truly want.
I feel bad for every one of them.
Pleasure is more addicting than the dope I sell on the streets.
My life is filled with darkness, filled with this lonely feeling that I can’t seem to make go away.
I have tried, believe me, but nothing works.
Eventually, the high, drunk, or pleasure fades away, and I am left with nothing but this empty feeling in my chest.
They all call me a beast, but they have no idea.
It was supposed to be a simple exchange, a business transaction.
A life for a life.
I should have known that she would be more than that.
When she looked into my eyes, I saw the darkness inside her, the same darkness that resides inside me.
I was her worst nightmare.
Now, we are both each other’s salvation.

Titre original : Happy Ever After Dark, book 1: Beautiful Beasts (2024)