A Dark Duet (Giselle and Briana)

A Dark Duet GISELLE & BRIANA CARMEN ROSALES Copyright © 2022 by Carmen Rosales All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Book cover by Jay Aheer Vector images by shutter stock To my husband and children thank you for all the support. Contents Trigger Warning Preface To my Readers 1. Giselle 2. Nate 3. Giselle 4. Giselle 5. Giselle 6. Giselle 7. Giselle 8. Giselle 9. Giselle 10. Giselle 11. Nate 12. Giselle 13. Giselle 14. Nate 15. Giselle 16. Giselle 17. Nate 18. Giselle 19. Giselle 20. Nate 21. Giselle 22. Giselle 23. Nate 24. Giselle 25. Giselle 26. Giselle 27. Nate 28. Giselle 29. Nate 30. Giselle Briana 31. Briana Present Day 32. Jaden 33. Briana 34. Briana 35. Briana 36. Jaden 37. Jaden 38. Briana 39. Jaden 40. Jaden 41. Briana 42. Briana 43. Briana 44. Jaden 45. Jaden 46. Jaden 47. Jaden 48. Briana 49. Jaden 50. Briana 51. Briana 52. Jaden 53. Briana 54. Jaden 55. Briana 56. Briana 57. Jaden 58. Briana 59. Jaden 60. Briana 61. Briana 62. Jaden Epilogue Also by Carmen Rosales Acknowledgments About the Author Trigger Warning This story contains content that might be troubling to some readers, including, but not limited to, rape, death, references of death, suicide, vivid nightmares, bad language, abuse, child hood trauma, and PTSD. Please be mindful of these and other possible triggers. Seek help if needed and do not read. This is a dark romance and if these types of scenes or references trouble you please do not read. Preface Giselle She has nothing but a broken dream Giselle loses everything she worked for, she was the best dancer Julliard has ever seen. One day everything changed, tragedy struck...She is left to pick up the pieces of her shattered life in her old town. The only light she has left within is her passion to dance. He has everything with a broken soul Nate (The Reaper) streetfighter turned pro... cares only, for one thing, his MMA Title. Fighting is all he knows serving his demons within his dark twisted soul. One night changes everything and unites them both. She is nothing he expected, and he is nothing she imagined. Can two lost souls heal each other? Briana All she wanted was his love. All he gave her was his pain. His soul was dark. Her’s was darker. He was her everything and then he wasn’t. She thought he wanted her. Cared about her. She was wrong. She tried to fix his broken soul but all she did was get cut in the process. He didn’t break her heart. He obliterated what was left. Now the pieces are lost and no one can find them. Jaden (The Destroyer) Cyprus Pro MMA fighter is living his dream undefeated. One night he sees Briana in the last place he ever thought she would end up. He thinks she is the same girl he first met. But he’s wrong… To my Readers I appreciate you choosing A dark duet as your next read. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Please note this Duet is part of my Dark Room. On my website I have two categories in the book section listing steamy romances and dark romances. This is dark and may touch on topics that are sensitive to some. Although, it will not be my darkest to date, it is still dark. It is for mature audiences only. Please be mindful of triggers. Please have patience for Nate, Giselle, Jaden and Briana. They come from a really dark place. Giselle “One, two, three, and up pirouette, back down.” I remember the best way to start the movement is in the fourth position. My instructor at Juilliard is making sure we are all perfect as one unit, in sync, and is one of the hardest movements to conduct in sequence. We have been at it for the past hour. I can see the other girls’ faces and they are tired, but I’m not. I love all things dance. When I was five, my mom saw me watching a recital with admiration and awe in my eyes. She immediately enrolled me in a small dance academy in South Dakota and I have been dancing ever since. Jazz, dance, ballet, and contemporary dance—I learned it all. I watched all things ballet and studied it; it’s all I have been interested in since I knew it existed. My parents are hardworking; my mother is a schoolteacher, and my father runs a farm. I was never into farming, just into horses. I learned how to ride, but that’s about as far as my interest went back home, living on the farm. My parents were savers and did not splurge on the finer things in life. The only allowance they gave me was when I helped around the house or on the farm. I worked for everything, but they taught me values and never let me give up on my dream of being accepted into Juilliard. I danced every day until I auditioned, and then I got accepted—to one of the most prestigious dance schools in the world, no less. New York is a far cry from Houghton, South Dakota, but I learned to grow a thick skin. New York is a beautiful city with bright lights, glamour and fashion. Your dreams can come true, or they can leave you pinching pennies to make rent. I was on of the lucky ones because I was promised a career in dance. I already had a spot in the dance company and possibly in the theater. I have prepared and concentrated my whole life on dance and ballet to live the dream of receiving flowers after finishing a performance at the American Ballet Theatre. To be a