Preface

I never really thought about it beforehand, the delicate balance between life and death.How a fraction of a second can

determine who lives and who dies. As I look at my brother, his face wrought with tension, I could feel my own fear and

anxiety welling up inside me. I had finally learned to accept this human girl despite my earlier feelings of animosity toward her.

We had to save her, this seemingly delicate, insignificant being that had brought my family even closer together. She was my

little sister, my best friend and I would die before I let anything happen to her. We all would…