Julie had given up on life completely. Resounded herself to the fact that by his hands, she would die. It was only a question of how and when it would happen. After years of being abused, humiliated and ridiculed, there seemed to be no point in breathing at all anymore. But with the arrival of an angel, she found the strength to defy the reign that her monster held over her. She allowed herself to love again, and to accept a love that didn’t cause her unthinkable, agonizing pain. Through the shadows they would run, in a fight to be together, but would her monster let her go without the fight he was so willing to put up?