Now or Then

She was abandoned by everything she'd ever known or loved.
Since the time Yuka Harmata was five years old, she'd been abused by her brother—the only family she still had. He knew her worst fears, her secrets; and he used them to his advantage. He had her trust, her love, her everything.
Because he was her everything.
He was her brother, her father, her best friend, her role model.
Her entire world.
All she ever wanted was to make him happy.
But when the torment started, she was confused. What had she done to upset him? What had she ever, EVER done?
Years of abuse later, she is rescued by a young man named Ciall, who finds her hurt and traumatized in the forest. He saves her, and takes her under his wing, and although she is hesitant at first, she grows to like this Ciall person.
Though she's not sure she can ever love again.
Yukas past is just the beginning—she still has a whole life to unravel; not only the now, but the next.
And it doesn't get any better or easier from now or then.