Embracing the Light in the Darkness

Since the age of five, there had been no light in his world. Through twelve long years in the dark, he had come to believe that he was no longer worthy of even a little warmth of his own. The first three years were spent in hell; the next nine, living only for revenge. His world seemed utterly devoid of joy, filled with nothing but coldness, until... In the height of summer, when he was seventeen, in the most remote corner of the world, he met her, reborn from the ashes. Seeing the fierce determination in a girl so young, he felt he had found someone like himself in this world. From then on, she became his light...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.