Harley Merlin and the First Ritual (Harley Merlin, #4)

by Bella Forrest

Life wasn’t a fairytale. Life was tough and turbulent, and if you could come out of it all with a smile on your face and your heart beating as fierce as ever, then maybe that was the ultimate triumph over adversity.

I’m not saying it’s an excuse, but one of my coaches used to have a saying, that ‘hurt people hurt people.’ I guess that kind of stuck with me.”