I have a great life. Loving parents, siblings that I adore.I've never gone hungry, or known physical pain. I've suffered no trauma...And yet there is another side of me that is... different.Where I wander, a shadow follows, something haunting and dark.It settles around my shoulders like a cloak, speaks to me when I'm alone, stares back at me from the mirror.My dark wavy hair, my silver eyes... they are reminders of him.I am cursed. I am tainted.I don't want to succumb to the urges that strike me. The impulses that scare me.I don't want to be like him.And yet...A small part of me wishes I knew more.Because I feel like a part of him is very much here.I'm just afraid to let it take control, to have it twist me into something so polluted.That it ruins me.I don't want to be someone others fear.Especially... her...So I push it down, way down. I suffocate it. I smother it.Because I refuse to end up like him. Ruined, broken, and gone.I will not let it ruin me.And somehow, I WILL have her.Trigger WarningWarning: This book is meant for mature readers, 18+.Echoes is a 150K+ word romance that contains some scenes and situations that may be upsetting for some readers. Includes several triggers and sensitive material such as: sexual assault, bullying (not between MMC FMC), childhood trauma, violence, and other possible triggering elements.Please do not read if you are uncomfortable with any of the above. Thank you.