You Never Did Fear Me {E.K}

"Hey, look at the freak."

"She's scary... why does she always wear black?"

"No one's ever going to love her if she looks like that."

For eighteen-year-old Juniper, cruelty isn't new-it's a chorus that has followed her her entire life. Abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her grandmother-the only person who has ever truly loved her-Juniper has learned to survive in the shadows of other people's judgment.

But one ordinary afternoon changes everything.

Sent on a simple errand to the grocery store, Juniper makes a split-second decision that costs her everything. When she sees a stranger about to be struck by a speeding truck, she doesn't hesitate. She pushes them to safety.

And takes the impact herself.

As tires screech and the world fades to black, the girl no one claimed to love leaves the earth a hero.

But death is not the end.

In the depths of a dark, pearl-like cavern, a dangerous and mischievous feminine voice breaks the silence:

"𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖑... 𝖆𝖗𝖊𝖓'𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖌𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌?"

Juniper's story is only just beginning.