Introduction

"What does Malika mean?" I ask.

"Angel," she says, smiling a little as she says it. "It was my grandmother's choice."

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Malika has never been the standoffish, confident girl she acts like she is. Her walls are firm, hardened from her own mother's hate and the bullying she goes through for her religion and because she's blind.
When she meets Aiden, a popular boy whose own past is painful, there is an instant spark.
But Malika always puts her religion first, and she's never been one to associate with boys.
On top of it all, Malika's sight-loss story remains a mystery, and with it, her past.