{"title":"Audio bundles","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-thornchapel-audio-bundle","title":"The Thornchapel Audio Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eKINKY. QUEER. GOTHIC AF.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Thornchapel, a series with dark academia vibes and all the forbidden. In this bundle, you'll get:\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Lesson in Thorns (Thornchapel #1)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNarrated by Sara Ormenyi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTwelve years ago, I left Thornchapel—and the two boys I gave my heart to—behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now I’ve returned, hopeful...and wary. Because it's so very easy to be drawn back into the world of the seductive and elegant Auden Guest...and into the world of his worst enemy, St. Sebastian Martinez. The beautiful and brooding St. Sebastian is as irresistible as he ever was, and Auden is just as handsome and arrogant, and the three of us can't seem to unknot ourselves from each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the hasty promise we three made all those years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Thornchapel slowly tightens its coil of truths and lies around us, our reluctant threesome starts unravelling into filthy, holy pleasure and pain. Together we've awakened a centuries-old fate that will either bloom like a rose...or destroy us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrom the author of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Camelot\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries comes a gothic, dark academia fairy tale full of lantern-lit rituals, foggy moors, and obsessions that last for lifetimes...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Lesson in Thorns is the first book in the Thornchapel Quartet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFeast of Sparks (Thornchapel #2)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNarrated by Zachary Webber and Sara Ormenyi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFate wasn't supposed to have plans for me. I'm an outcast, a loner. The boy named for death who never quite started to live. But then, Poe came back - the girl I once kissed in a thorn-covered chapel in the woods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe brought back memories long buried, and I could no more resist her than I could pry out my own heart. She brought up secrets and set rituals into motion. She brought me to the man who owns Thornchapel, Auden Guest. And then, she found the bones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe only thing Auden and I can agree on is Proserpina Markham, and she wants us to find a way to be together - all three of us. But the past casts a long shadow. Eight years ago, I did something terrible to Auden. He hurt me back the only way he knew how. And so here we are. Our hatred seasoned with pain and my loneliness spiked with longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf Auden wants to earn her as his submissive, then he has to earn me, as well. That was the promise he made. But with the carnal revel of Beltane fast approaching, it's becoming clear that Thornchapel's secrets are much deeper and older than any of us could have ever guessed. They're making us complicit. And they will have a cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause, no matter how bright and merry a feast of sparks may be, it's always followed by ashes. And darkness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFeast of Sparks is the second book in the Thornchapel Quartet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest of Sighs (Thornchapel #3)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNarrated by Zachary Webber, Oscar Reyes, Wesleigh Siobhan, Alyssa Avery, and Emma Roya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe genius and the sunshine girl. As children, we fought bitterly and often, bickering every chance we got. But then we grew up. Then we came back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDelphine Dansey carries her heart on the outside of her body; she's looking for love and chasing dreams. She's spoiled and selfish, the kind of beautiful that's made for money and fame. But somehow she's ended up in my keeping: a pretty submissive I can't seem to resist, a lover who obsesses and tempts me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI thought I'd locked my heart away a long time ago, along with all my other weaknesses. But some doors won't stay closed, no matter how hard I fight to keep them shut. She unravels me, just like our friends are unraveling, just like Thornchapel itself is unraveling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll year long, we've been sowing lust and jealousy and pain, heedless of the consequences. But a harvest is inevitable, and so now we must reap our sorrows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd our sighs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHarvest of Sighs is the third book in the Thornchapel Quartet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoor of Bruises (Thornchapel #4)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNarrated by Zachary Webber, Oscar Reyes, Wesleigh Siobhan, Alyssa Avery, and Emma Roya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwelve years ago, our fates were sealed with a kiss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe are all, for better or worse, doomed to love each other until death do us part. My heart belongs to Proserpina and St. Sebastian - even if he no longer wants it. Even if she has left it behind to follow him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDelphine's fled back home, and Becket's holy calling is in peril.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd now only Rebecca and I remain at Thornchapel to face the unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe door is open. The door that shouldn't exist; the door that people have died to close. I don't feel like the lord of the manor. I don't feel like a king or a wild god. I am a friend and a boyfriend and a brother - and a failure at being all of these things. But the door doesn't care about my guilt. It only cares about the sacrifice I'll make to close it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the bruising dark of Samhain approaches, so does the fate of our circle, of Thornchapel and the village and the valley beyond it. And I must don the crown, because one thing is still true, even if I must face it alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere at Thornchapel, all kings must walk to the door.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere at Thornchapel, all kings must die.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoor of Bruises\u003c\/span\u003e is the fourth and final book in the Thornchapel Quartet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eImportant note:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis collection does \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e include the Thornchapel prequel \/ New Camelot crossover novella, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.thesierrasimone.com\/collections\/thornchapel\/products\/american-squire-audiobook-new-camelot-thornchapel-crossover\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerican Squire\u003c\/a\u003e, which is available on audio separately. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe events in American Squire happen before the events in Thornchapel, and it isn't necessary to read it in order to enjoy this quartet. (But it \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e some pretty delicious m\/m kink, so...consider it!)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sierra Simone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42999612735587,"sku":"THORNCHAPELAUDIOBOOKBUNDLE","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/3656\/6883\/files\/ThornchapelAudioBundle.png?v=1732857107"},{"product_id":"the-lyonesse-audiobook-bundle","title":"The Lyonesse Audiobook Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003eAge gaps, antiheroes, and wedding rings, oh my! Come to Lyonesse, DC's wickedest club, and meet the devil himself, Mark Trevena, in this queer, contemporary retelling of Tristan and Isolde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Psst: Salt Kiss is Audie-nominated!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bundle includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSalt in the Wound (Lyonesse 0.5)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarrated by Isabelle Ruther!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first time I meet the devil, he knows my name.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe second time I meet him, the truth becomes clear: Mark Trevena is to be my husband.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNo matter that we don't know each other.  No matter that he's older than me; shameless and sinful; the owner of a secret club where the powerful come to play.  My father has spoken, and I'll be the devil's bride the minute I graduate from college.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eExcept my future husband has one condition for this arranged marriage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ewe have to pretend it’s real. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHe’ll teach me, he says. How to pretend to be his in pain and pleasure both. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHow to pretend to arch and writhe under his touch.  But his lessons are teaching me something else entirely…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e…that Mark Trevena wants me in a way that's not pretend at all. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd no matter how I might fight it, the devil will have his due.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSalt in the Wound is a prequel to the Lyonesse trilogy showing how Mark and Isolde's arranged marriage comes to be.  You do not have to read Salt in the Wound to enjoy the trilogy (although it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emore Mark, and more Mark = more fun.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSalt Kiss (Lyonesse 1)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNarrated by Oscar Reyes and nominated for an Audie for Best Erotica!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAfter being a soldier, working as a bodyguard should have been simple:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eKeep the owner of DC’s ultra-secret club safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon’t think about his midnight eyes or his devil’s smile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon’t surrender my body to his wicked desires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut I underestimated Mark Trevena and the power of his dark, seductive world. I underestimated the hold he’d have on me, the way I would do anything for him, anything at all. And so when he asks me to escort his soon-to-be bride home, I can only—miserably, broken-heartedly—say yes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIsolde is nothing like I expect, however. Quiet and lonely and sharp, a girl who likes knives and God, a girl whose nightmares echo my own. One night while sailing under the cold stars, we share a reckless, tear-soaked kiss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI’m doomed. Falling in love with Mark was one thing, but his bride too? Being in love with a husband and wife at the same time?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTorture. Misery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA tragedy if tragedies came with bruises, sweat, sighs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut it isn’t enough to merely fall into the forbidden. \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause in Mark Trevena’s world, the fall is only the beginning…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Lyonesse trilogy is a queer, kinky contemporary retelling of the legend of Tristan and Isolde, set in the same world as the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thesierrasimone.com\/new-camelot-series\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNew Camelot series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Readers will not have to read New Camelot to enjoy Lyonesse, although readers who enjoyed New Camelot will find all the things they loved about the trilogy here: MMF ménage, plenty of the angsty forbidden, and a sweeping retelling of a familiar story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHoney Cut (Lyonesse 2)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrated by Oscar Reyes and Isabelle\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuther\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI have one job in this arranged marriage, and that’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eto seduce my husband.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eIt should be easy; I’m the heiress to a transatlantic fortune, bred and raised to make a good match.  I’ve spent a lifetime building up my endurance, my discipline, my dedication to my god and my church. The danger lies in falling for the devil who put his ring on my finger—a mistake I made years ago, and can’t afford to make again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThere is one more danger: Tristan Thomas, former soldier and my new husband’s bodyguard.  A hero who stole my heart with salt-soaked kisses on the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBut Lyonesse is not like other places, and this isn’t like other marriages. Soon Tristan, Mark, and I are tangled in a knot of vicious jealousy and gorgeous wickedness, where suspicion is an aphrodisiac, and secrets and vows are one and the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAnd there is something far darker at play than my real purpose, darker even than the twisted longings of my own heart. Because my husband has secrets of his own, and the reason he’ll stop at nothing to possess me could slice my soul deeper than the honeysuckle-hilted knife he gave me once upon a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBecause when it comes to Mark Trevena and his games, the first cut is more than the deepest—it’s the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esweetest\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd he always leaves you begging for more…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBitter Burn (Lyonesse 3)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrated by Oscar Reyes, Isabelle \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuther, and Jacob Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI think it’s important that you know this about me, that you understand this: I’m not sorry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI’d do it again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter my husband died eight years ago, I made vengeance my only purpose, my religion, my destiny. But to get to my enemy, I had to make myself like him. He had a kingdom of secrets? Then I would make an empire. He had blood on his hands? Then I would bathe in it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Tristan and Isolde changed everything. I hadn’t counted on wanting them, needing them; I hadn’t counted on how it felt to watch the two of them fall in love. I’d thought I had everything under control—I’d thought I was safe from my own long-dead heart. I’d never imagined that the wronged husband, the jealous king from my childhood fairy tales, would be played by none other than me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt no longer matters what I used to believe. My enemy is ready to finish the game, and for the first time in eight years, I have pieces on the board I can’t afford to lose. I’ll burn the entire world to keep Tristan and Isolde safe, I’ll scorch the earth—but as any good assassin will tell you, fire will only get a man so far, because there’s always something left in the ashes. And for the three of us, it’s the cold, bitter bones of the truth: their story begins and ends with me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnd every story needs a villain…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sierra Simone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42999705698403,"sku":"LYONESSEAUDIOBOOKBUNDLE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/3656\/6883\/files\/Lyonesse_four_audiobook_bundle_shopify.png?v=1786208314"},{"product_id":"devilaudiobook","title":"Devil (audiobook)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eListen early! Available now!\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAudiobook description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI have nothing left.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne moment of weakness seven years ago, and I lost my job, my art, and my only friend. Now I’m working nights at a gas station to scrape together a living and a way to care for my sister, and I’m completely alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then I see \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on the front page of the newspaper, my former college student and the man who ruined my life seven years ago. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRyan Bell.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo I carve a statue of the devil and I give the devil Bell’s face. I leave it for the world to see. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI shouldn’t have done it. I should have known he’d use the statue to hunt me, find me, offer a deal that demands my soul. He wants one year of me—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of me—and then he’ll make my problems go away. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow can I refuse? When it’s my only chance of salvation? How can I refuse even when I know Ryan Bell will leave me with a broken heart—again? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut it’s my own fault…I should have stayed hidden, I shouldn’t have revealed how the memory of him haunts me still. 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