Nellie and her younger brother Peter had suffered a great deal of abuse and hardship at the hands of their stepmother, father, birth mother, and even a boy she adored. 

Nellie's greatest wish throughout all of this was to find a place where she could leave happily with her brother without fear of their past following them both. But then another misfortune occurred, leading her to believe that no matter how hard she tried, her dreams would always be out of reach. 

However, things improve when Nellie meets a boy named Delian, who teaches her that life can be both kind and cruel and that it is not always one-sided. 

What happens when Nellie's now peaceful and almost perfect life is upended by an evil from her past life, who now claims to have nothing but good in its guts?

Dark Tunnel

 “As soon as those words left her lips, my entire body crumbled, leaving me in the pool of my tears as they rolled hastily down my cheeks and into my cracked lips... salty and cold. 


“I had hoped that one day you’d come back for Peter…or…for me.” I cried. My voice was only but a whisper but it could be heard across the grave-silent room. My heart ached painfully against my chest as I sat on the floor unmoving in my tears-formed-pool. 


“Why? Please tell me what we did so wrong to deserve your back turned against us?” Pausing I looked up at my birth mother trying to grab the attention of her pretty eyes but sadly, she adverted them from me. 


“Please tell me and I will change it in a heartbeat so you can finally be able to let go of your anger and forgive us; plea...please mommy.” My voice cracked as I called her the name I always wished in my fantasies to address her with for as long as I could remember. 


“Disappointments”