(The Forgotten Passages Book One) After almost nineteen years, I was used to life - used to school, used to having to put down my beloved books in exchange for heels and pearls, and used to lying to everyone who wasn't aware of my second, secret life in the Brotherhood of Time. It's been five years - five years since the Order's been heard of, five years since my life became a little more exciting...but almost four years since I saw the one person I thought I never wanted to see again. Drake Garner's reappearance wasn't coincidental. He'd been hiding something, something he's finally ready to reveal, and I'm apparently one of the few he trusts. I thought I knew about secrets...until I knew his.

"I have to be perfect. If I'm not, everyone will know." Annabelle loves her sister Beth more than anything. She'd do anything for her to have a normal life, that includes taking up the task of becoming her mother figure. Her mother is not around due to her...questionable job. Cameron is very frail, small, and frightened, but at the same time has his own strength. He's been hurt. Badly. He's been through things no one deserves to ever go through. Then Annabelle comes along with her little sister and her own dysfunctional life and things begin to change.