Prologue
Alexander
Age 32
My chest was rising and falling rapidly.
Becauseshejust stepped through the clubhouse doors, and fucking hell, but she seemed to be even more beautiful than last night while I sat in the corner of her bedroom and watched her sleep.
Prologue II
Creedence
Age 29
I was going to murder him.
It has been building.
And building.
And fucking building for close to the past decade.
That. Mother. Fucker.
He comes to me at night. He watches me from across the pavement at night. He protects me while I sleep at night.
What do all those things have in common?
They occur at nighttime when it’s dark.
When it’s dark, and it’s hard to see.
Chapter 1
Alexander
Age 3
They say you don’t remember things from when you were little.
They obviously never got slapped because they didn’t mean to wet themselves while they were sleeping.
Age 5
The moment my little sister, Annabelle, was placed in my arms, I felt something inside me constrict.
I made a vow right then and there that I was going to be the best big brother this world had ever seen.
It’s sad that when you're little, you don’t realize the harm that’s in this world.
And before you know it... it’s too late to do anything about it.
Age 7
Annabelle was crying.
She was hungry.
