BOOK TWO fear•less (adjective) without fear; bold or brave; intrepid. ••• I fight with myself, somewhere in my head, there's that one voice that says 'Ignore it. Ignore it all. You don't mean any of it.' But I do, I mean it all. Every single devastating and destroying thought. It's true. I feel it, I believe it, I am it, whatever it is, that's me. I disgust myself, everything I do or say or think, I hate. I live in the past, I live in regret, I live in this, this hole, this confining, darkening hole. And I can't get out. ••• August disgusted herself. All she ever wanted was a hero. But he wasn't what she had in mind.

BOOK ONE scar•less (adjective) tending to leave no scar or blemish ••• I don't remember when it started. I don't remember how, where or why. But it started. This war. This never ending conflict. But it's me. Just me. 'It's inside your head, it's not real, you're imagining it.' That's what they tell me. But they don't know. They don't know how it feels to look at yourself, your life, and hate it, hate it all. I'm not fighting with anyone, but I'm filled with hate. Not for you or him or her or anyone. But for me. I.. I.. I hate myself. There. I've said it. And I mean it. ••• Riley was in a never ending battle against herself. All she ever wanted was a hero. But he wasn't what she had in mind.