USA Today Bestselling Author, Jordan Marie, writing as J. Marie, brings you a follow up story to her paranormal series in a Badlands and Eternals crossover novella.NINEThe only memories I have are of being studied and tortured.My captors were slowly killing me.When I got the chance to escape, I took it—even though doing so left my brothers alone in that prison.Yet, I’m not truly free myself, because the guilt and pain eat away at me daily.I stumbled into a place called the Badlands by accident... moreUSA Today Bestselling Author, Jordan Marie, writing as J. Marie, brings you a follow up story to her paranormal series in a Badlands and Eternals crossover novella.NINEThe only memories I have are of being studied and tortured.My captors were slowly killing me.When I got the chance to escape, I took it—even though doing so left my brothers alone in that prison.Yet, I’m not truly free myself, because the guilt and pain eat away at me daily.I stumbled into a place called the Badlands by accident.It’s a sanctuary for people like me—but then, I’m not like them.Not at all.I stay, simply because I have nowhere else to go.I have nothing, definitely not a purpose to continue existing…Until her.LITAYou do things in life you have no choice in.I know that lesson better than anyone.I have a job to do and that’s it.For me, it’s all about survival.I never planned on Jay. I never planned on my reaction to him.I definitely never planned on falling in love with a man I would be forced to betray.Welcome to the world of the Eternals. Supernatural beings finding their way in a world they don’t belong to, yet have no choice but to live in. less