Cole
It’s been four years since I planted the fireworks in Gideon Maddox’s locker that burned a third of his face.
Four years since his father took revenge, trapping me with a spell that kept me prisoner in The Void.
Three months since the magic found me again.
Two months since my parents put me in therapy.
One day since my parents left for Paris on a month long business tour.
This morning, a mysterious girl no one else can see beckoned again from The Void.
Tonight, I’m standing on the balcony of my parent’s palatial home, buying an airline ticket back to the states—back to Maddox mansion—the heart of my nightmares.
People say the more things change the more they stay the same. I hate them for being right. I lived with the monsters in my prison until I thought I might go mad. Repentant of my past, I made peace with my fate, my eternity. Until the day I was freed, because a stranger had the courage to help.
This time someone needs me.
How can I doom a girl to a fate I barely escaped?
There’s only one answer.
I can’t.