Finally, the last 2 chapters, both 8 and 9, explain why many women choose to stay in such relationships and a detailed safety plan for those who want to get out. It also reveals the catastrophic emotional damage children experience after being exposed to domestic war zones and how to best prevent them from becoming future perpetrators and future victims themselves.

As I drove through the streets of New Orleans, the city in which I was born, the piercing sounds of silence penetrated the stillness of night. Only 12 hours earlier, a man had emerged within the pretense of religion, and intentionally plowed his truck into a sea of people walking in the famed French Quarter. In the aftermath, 14 people were killed and dozens injured—innocent victims who found themselves caught within the inner rage of a relentless killer. They were celebrating the onset of 2025. It was New Year's Day.
It was later reported that the violent perpetrator was a man who used his extremist ideologies to justify his killings. It was also reported that prior to his incomprehensible wrath, the assailant had pondered the murder of his own family. Instead, he released his internal fury onto people he didn’t even know, and he was then shot and killed by the police.
While the perpetrator’s traits and behaviors may appear similar to many of the men profiled within the content of this book, there are also differences. Like victims of domestic violence, however, the end result is often the same: mass casualties by men who seek to consume the bodies and souls of others. May God bless the victims; may God bless those families who now suffer within the darkness of eternal grief.