Jane is barely a day old when Peter first comes to her window. He stands by her crib, watching her in the moonlight. He reaches in with unsure hands, holding her close to his chest as she sleeps. He marvels at how small she is, at the fact that he could create something so pure, so good. He is not good, he knows this. But Jane is, and in the light from the moon Peter vows to protect this innocent little creature that he helped create.

Jane is two the first time she can remember going to Neverland. She has an idea that she's been there before; explored the island on Peter's shoulders. It's the first night that Wendy finds her missing from her room. Jane watches as her mother alights in Neverland, the island welcoming her like a long gone queen and Jane realizes that that's what her mother is; a queen. Jane realizes, at two years old, that her mother is an unruly, wild queen and her father, a boy-man, a child king with a Cheshire grin. Jane goes home with her mother that night, but not without her father's warning and a promise.

Jane is seven when she hears her mother and uncles talking in hushed tones about a boy-king named Peter Pan. They think she doesn't know, that Peter hasn't come for her since that night that Wendy went to the island to retrieve her. But Jane knows Edward isn't her father; she knows because Peter still visits her, still flies to her window at night or sends his shadow for her. Jane knows her parents belong to Neverland.

Jane is ten and realizes that she has become a wild child, a princess of the forgotten island. She comes to know that she will never fit in London, never belong with the children of that world. She is a Lost Girl through and through. She knows her mother feels the same but tries to fight it. Wendy will always be a Lost Girl as well, a queen; she tries to fit in with her contemporaries but Neverland will always be in her bones. Neverland is beginning to sink in to Jane's bones as well.

Jane is fourteen when Wendy finds out about Jane's nightly trips to Neverland. Wendy yells and Jane cries, running to the window. The shadow comes without Jane needing to call and Jane runs away to Neverland, much as her mother had done so long ago. Jane spends the night with Peter and the Lost Boys before Peter returns her to Wendy. He had promised many years before.

Jane is fifteen. She loves Felix, the boy with feathers in his hair. Jane is determined to win his heart and soon. Peter is calling on her less and less as she grows older and she's not sure how much longer she has on the island. She earns Felix's favor, slipping away from camp with the older boy to spend a few minutes alone, kisses shared in the shadows. Jane returns home with heated cheeks and the promise that Felix will continue to send the shadow for her long after Peter has moved on.

Jane is sixteen when she gets sick, deathly ill; the doctors give her a year at best. Wendy cries, John and Michael frown and George and Mary pray. Jane sits at her window night after night, staring at the stars; she doesn't call out for Peter. One night Wendy comes to her, takes her in her arms and cries out for the shadow. Jane watches as Wendy begs Peter to save her life and feels little when Peter says he won't trade one life for another. Felix hold Jane as she sits quietly in her own pain.

Jane is seventeen, the same age as Wendy when she'd stopped going to Neverland. Wendy sends Jane off to the island with a final kiss and whispered goodbyes; Wendy has found a way to save her only child, by sending her away forever. Felix welcomes Jane with open arms and Peter kisses her on the forehead. Peter had thought Jane outgrew the island but secretly is glad that she has come to stay forever.

Jane would be twenty when Wendy shows up in Neverland, but she has stopped aging years ago. She isn't sick anymore but a wild princess of the island. Wendy can no longer bear to be away from her child and came to stay. Peter, with all the magic he possesses, turns back the clock and Wendy is a teenager again. It doesn't bother Jane that her parents are barely a year or two older than her; they are a family. And some day she knows that Felix will join their small unit.