Chapter 2
There was a new notch on the kitchen door frame in the Morena house with the number ‘5’ carefully scratched in next to it. Another year had passed and it was finally time for Ever to start school. On a bright and brisk fall morning and once Graves could not longer see them from the farm, Ever and Dawn skipped, hand in hand. Dawn’s father wouldn’t approve of such frivolity. He was an angry man, and she didn’t want to irritate him. At the same time, she craved the merriment that should naturally accompany childhood. Ever understood that if Dawn broke her parents' rules, she wouldn’t be allowed out of the house. It had happened over the past year that something Dawn did with Ever irritated Crym and Graves. Following such violations, Dawn would be locked inside for days. This was es
