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Chapters (65)
  1. Dedication
  2. Playlist
  3. Prologue
  4. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
  5. One
  6. SIX YEARS AGO
  7. Two
  8. PRESENT
  9. Three
  10. Four
  11. Five
  12. Six
  13. Seven
  14. ARIA
  15. Eight
  16. Nine
  17. Ten
  18. Eleven
  19. Twelve
  20. Thirteen
  21. Fourteen
  22. Fifteen
  23. Sixteen
  24. Seventeen
  25. Eighteen
  26. Nineteen
  27. Twenty
  28. Twenty One
  29. Twenty Two
  30. Twenty Three
  31. Twenty Four
  32. Twenty Five
  33. Twenty Six
  34. Twenty Seven
  35. Twenty Eight
  36. Twenty Nine
  37. Thirty
  38. Thirty One
  39. Thirty Two
  40. Thirty Three
  41. Thirty Four
  42. Thirty Five
  43. Thirty Six
  44. Thirty Seven
  45. Thirty Eight
  46. Thirty Nine
  47. Forty
  48. Forty One
  49. SIX YEARS LATER
  50. Forty Two
  51. Epilogue
  52. ONE YEAR LATER
  53. Author’s Note
  54. Prologue
  55. JANE REYES
  56. Chapter One
  57. JANE REYES
  58. Untitled
  59. Untitled
  60. Killian De Luca
  61. Killian De Luca
  62. NINE YEARS AGO
  63. Untitled
  64. Acknowledgments
  65. About the Author

He is almost as tall as the big kids in our school.

But it's a good thing he is tall because then he can beat people up who are mean to me.

Last week Kevin, a mean kid who is in Alexander's grade, pushed me off the swing. Before I could even say something to him and push him back, Alexander pushed him to the ground and slapped him on the face.

I like seeing him fight. I smiled when I saw Alexander do that for me.

That's why he is my favorite person in the world. I love mommy and daddy, but I also love Alexander.

Sometimes he is mean, but he always says sorry when he is mean.

"I like whatever you like," he says and I feel myself smile again.

"Let's ride one of the horses, Alexander!" I say before running towards the stables.

Alexander follows me, running almost as fast as me. I laugh as we race to see who can get to the stables first.

"Beat ya!" Alexander yells once he touches the stables that hold a horse.

I rest my hands on my knees, trying to catch my breath. "Not . . . fair." Alexander breathes in and out as he smiles at me. By the time we are done catching our breaths, we both start walking down to the barn to look at the horses. I see a pretty black one which makes me smile again and walk closer to it. "Look at this one, Alexander. He is so pretty." I look at Alexander and see him looking at me with a smile on his face.

I smile back at him and look up at the horse. I reach out to touch his head that is hanging out of the stable but instead I touch his nose, a hand grabs mine and turns me around to make me face a man with a dark skin tone and white hair on his face.

"Don't be touching things that will hurt you, little bit," he says and I feel my heart race as I try to get my hand out of his grip.

"Hey, let go of her," Alexander says as he grabs my hand and takes my wrist out of the man's hold.

The man stands straight, and he looks like a giant as he towers over us.

The man was about to say something but then I hear daddy yell my name making me turn my head and see him at the entrance of the stables.

"Daddy!" I yell as I run towards him. "He tried to take me away. Say ‘saluta da parte mia satana’ to him and make him light up!"