Chapter 1

"You can't hurt me." I growl with rage and hurt clouding my eyes.

"I already have." He whispers, brushing my cheek.

Natalia and her mother have finally found a place to call home. In Northwoods, Texas, Natalia makes a bond with four girls that completely change her life. She finds friendship, and even has a budding infatuation with her best friend's brother. Her mother is now engaged and finally happy, but her soon-to-be stepfather has dark secrets that threaten to bring everything to dust. In a story of blinding light and disarming dark, Natalia must decide what's worth saving.