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Authors: Shana Vanterpool

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The girl I’d been all those years ago closed her eyes in peace and faded away. She was healed. Not because her attacker had lost, but because she had won.

My husband bent to kiss my hair. Bach took a deep breath from the bottom of his soul. Harley covered her hand with her mouth as tears trailed down her face.

And I smiled down at little Hayley as I spread my wings and flew.

We were whole.

We were one.

And together we were healed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Unlike my other novels, I only want to acknowledge two people.

One:
The angels who think they’ve fallen.

You haven’t really fallen. You’re hurting. You’re lost in your nightmares. But one day you’ll wake up and realize you’ve slept without a nightmare, you got through a day without remembering. That day will become two, and then three. You’ll have setbacks, but those are natural. You will heal because that is what you deserve. You are strong, beautiful, kickass angels who will soar again. Spread your wings and fly!

Authors note: In
Damage Me
therapy wasn’t sought for my own personal reasons. One thing I stress you remember is that this is a book, despite how real it can feel. Therapy is an important part of healing and should be highly considered as a form of healing.

Two:
The fallen soldiers who can’t forget, and the soldiers we won’t forget.

Your bravery is the reason I can write this book. The reason I can pour my heart onto these pages without punishment, why so many of us can escape without fear. Your fight is far more than a gun and a wound. You are brave, strong, forces who sacrifice yourselves to keep our country free and beautiful. You did not lose yourself. You are men and women who kept your children safe, our freedom free, and our futures wide open. Thank you.

SHANA VANTERPOOL

Shana Vanterpool
is a
romance author, coffee drinker, and bad boy aficionado. Every second not spent breathing is an opportunity to write and read. I live in Northern California with my family and actress dog, Halle Bella. (Just Bella when she decides to cut the crap.) Escaping with a good book is something I live for and I write so others can do the same.

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