Chapter 1 Hadley Music pounds. My hips sway. The scent of sweat and desperation permeates the air as I move across the dance floor. Hands...

Prologue Vasyl One Month Ago. Leaning against the railing of the Potemkin Stairs as the sun sets on the horizon, I turn as I hear...

Prologue Nicola 14 Years Old. “Kneel, Nicola,” my adoptive father barks his command at me. Surveying my surroundings, I meet the eyes of...

Prologue Natale Woken from a dead sleep with a hand across my mouth and my mother’s voice in my ear, “Quickly, Natale, we must leave,” I...

Prologue King “Motherfucker!” Everyone in the house comes running into the war room as I scream. The contents of my desk, now on the...

Chapter 1 Sofiy “…Seven...eight...nine...ten, ready or not, here I come!” Uncovering my eyes, I stay seated a moment as I wait on...

“Three, two, one!” Jumping into the frigid water for the annual polar plunge in my hometown, Polar Bear, Alaska, the ice anesthetizes my...

I sent out a questionnaire a little bit ago and gave you guys the options to ask questions, give opinions, and request that I write a...

BOOM! Kennedy was thrown from the driver’s hand right into a dumpster and pain immediately assaulted her body. Shaking off the buzzing...

Prologue Eight Years Ago At twelve years old, Keeley Stone knew three things about life. First, her family wasn’t normal. The things her...