Broken Bonds

This can't be real.

I won't accept it as my truth.

There is no world where my sister can't survive.

I never thought I would fall in love in the wake of my sister's demise.

But there we were, fantasizing about a tomorrow I foolishly didn't believe I deserved.

Jenkins pushed me to the edge, catered to the destruction I would rather have hold my hand. He was a beam of arrogant light, and I was the illusion of a shadow.

"We can't pretend anymore, AJ. We have to stop suffering eventually. I promise I will catch you when you decide to live again."

But I hesitate with my tongue on the response he wants me to give. Even in the moonlight, I try and channel a mystic belief of renewal.

Do all the stars shine brightly when another one dies? In celebration of their existence, do we continue to burn bright for them? ★

My only hope is our affection can thrive while pain is also present. ♥

Broken Bonds is the first book in...