*Flashback* seven years old.

"Father，father, I'm home!" seven year old Evie Kiln burst through her door laughing.

Angel Kiln spread his arms open. "There's my girl," He roared, picking her up. "I have a gift for you!"

"Does mom approve?" she asked grinning.

"Well," Angel began then faltered. "it'll just be a secret between you and me. You'd like that, wouldn't you?" he said playfully poking her nose.

Laughing again, Evie replied. "What is it,?"

"You'll just have to wait and see, don't you?" angel said and then carried her into the living room, where he set her down on the couch next to a big box. Evie tore open the box and peered inside, wondering what it was. Inside was a dagger. The blade was a gleaming white and the hilt was gold, set with an emerald and a picture of a vulture carved into it. "What is this?" she asked timidly. Gently picking it up and running her hands over it.

"It's something you can use, to protect yourself."thing you

"From what?" Evie asked cautiously, her mind still innocent and young.

"From the boys now that you're growing to be so beautiful," he grinned.

"Dad, I'm only-" Evie began before she was interrupted from the bittersweet memory.

*Flashforward* sixteen years old

"Evie!"came the voice.

Evie growled and jammed the beloved dagger into one of her heeled boots she was wearing to the party.

"Evie!" came the voice again along with an insistent banging on her door.

"What do you want?" she yelled yanking it open.

Her brother Ethan looked her up and down. "Man, if I wasn't your brother, I'd say you looked sexy," he grinned mischievously.

Evie smiled and slugged him on the shoulder. He was the only person in her family that she could get along with, now that her father Angel had disappeared 3 days before her 8th birthday, 8 years ago. Besides Ethan, there was only Susie, her BFFL. But that didn't mean she wasn't the girl of her school.

"Where's Tammy?" she asked.

"I broke up with her." Ethan replied nonchalantly running his fingers through his hair.

"Why?"

"You didn't like her."

"No, I didn't. What's the reason besides that?"

Ethan started down the stairs. "What makes you think there was another reason?" he asked before disappearing from Evie's view.

Evie sighed and ducked into the restroom to inspect herself. She was wearing a short, slinky gold dress that brought out her curves; and her hair was pinned up with long, curly tendrils crowning her doll-like face.

"I told you you looked sexy, now, you coming'?" Ethan's voice wafted up to her.

"Yeah, I'm coming, hold on!" she replied leaning close to scrutinize her make-up one last time.

"Well, hurry up. Besides, who do you have to impress anyway?" Ethan suddenly appeared leaning on the doorframe.

"Ethan!" Evie shrieked jerking back from the mirror and turning to stare at her brother.

Ethan saw her fingers twitch and knew that if he wasn't her brother, then she would've gone for her two small silver throwing knives that she always had with her. And her skill was unnatural.

"Come and meet my new girlfriend," he said quickly.

He saw her demeanor change as she relaxed into the sisterly attitude that only he and Susie knew.

"So soon," she replied. "And aren't you the one who's supposed to pick her up?"

"Who said anything about anyone picking anybody up?" he replied hotly.

"I saw you looking at your phone, hotshot. Besides, you're just going to break up with her, either tonight or tomorrow, the longest you've ever stayed with someone was a week. You know you should stay with someone longer,"

"One girl can't keep me down, and besides," he added. "if you're so eager for a boyfriend, you could always try saying 'yes' to one of the boys calling our house 24/7."

Evie's eyes flashed. "No," she said in a voice hardened with ice.

"All right, all right, I tried, for one of my friends," he replied smoothly all too used to the sudden change of emotion- or lack of. His phone beeped. "She's here, come on," he said to Evie's raised eyebrow.

"Okay, okay." She raised her hands defensively. "Let's go."

"Wait," said Ethan grabbing her arm as she passed. "She has a brother, and he's dating Susie. Just so you know."

Evie paused. "Derek is her brother? You're dating Hope? And you tell me now?"

"Yeah, now let's go."