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

My heart skipped a beat, while my body and fingers instantly froze along with the doorknob. 


"Get back in here young girl." The silvery voice commanded sternly, completely ignoring Eke's pleas. 


Gulping nervously, I turned around slowly and came face to face with the classiest and most beautiful grey-haired woman I had ever set my eyes on; and to make the enchanting encounter more interesting, Eke-my birth mother- was shaking before the grey-haired woman like a leaf caught in the wind. 


"Mum, please, don't get involved in this." Eke pleaded softly, unable to make her voice stable enough. 


Rising her hand, the beautiful old lady signalled Eke to shut up. 


I was beyond shocked. My eyes and mouth were frozen in an expression of stunned surprise. Was this happening? My mind could not wrap around it. Could it be that this classy looking woman who was happily putting my self-absorbed mother in her place was my grandmother? 


“Light in the tunnel”