Redemption

Gabriel
I tried to build a quiet life in this coastal town,
but I didn’t last a week before the darkness called me back.
It’s part of me, woven into everything I am.
Living any other way isn’t possible for me—
not when I’ve tasted power, control, and the
satisfaction of having the world bend to my will.
My past won’t stay buried.
The blood on my hands won’t wash away.
Now, Sophia’s been pulled into my world,
a place where men like me don’t get second
chances and girls like her don’t last long.

Sophia
I thought he was just a normal man.
I should have known better.
Normal men don’t look like him, don’t act like him.
Now, he’s torn my life apart, and I can’t survive without him.
Blackmail, lies, murder.
The tools of his trade.
He promised me everything would be fine,
but I’m not naive anymore.
He made sure of that.
I was just trying to make ends meet,
and now I’m hoping I won’t meet my end.
I’m in his hands, and I thought they would be cold, cruel.
But when he held me, I discovered I was wrong about him again—
And that might be the most dangerous thing about him.