"I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever." Robert Browning Maximus Blackthorne was a man chased by the ghosts of his past. He staunchly believes that love and affection are not for battle hardened men like him, with a dark soul and a barely beating heart. But he had the strength and will power of ten demons combined when it came to ruthlessness and survival instinct. His jaded and complex life is upended and changed forever when his path crosses Katherine's, a battered and brutalised woman whom he finds on a dark winter night. Katherine Dawson has been trying to forget a past that has haunted and chased her endlessly. Despite her mortal fears and insecurities, she has finally managed to carve a niche for herself and made a small place under the sun. Sometimes, just sometimes, she wishes if she could find true love too. But alas! Love was not for severely damaged people like her. Life has a way of teaching us that while our sorrow may be profound, the clouds will clear, and the sun will shine on us again. What happens when two lonely, broken souls eventually find love, happiness and home in each other? A Match Made in Heaven. *Content Warning- contains description of sexual assault/abuse. Copyright Disclaimer:- The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. This story is published subject to the condition that it shall not be reproduced or retransmitted in whole or in part, in any manner, without the written consent of the copyright holder, and any infringement of this is a violation of copyright law. Also, this is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.