Gift

There was a time when I thought, I knew what I wanted: atime when everything made sense. But I have learned thereare no such things as truths, only perceptions. In just a single second everything I thought I knew instantly shattered. Ive become somewhat lost, and I cant find my way back. There was a time when I knew happiness, a time when things mattered.But all thats gone now. There was nothing more I could do butsurrender I had to leave. I didnt know where I was going to go, but I knew I couldnt stay.Gift Hartford is a freshman while her best friend Cassandra Crown is a sophomore. She falls for Derek, a junior with black spiked hair, beautiful brown eyes, a perfect toned body, and warm golden skin. Surprisingly, Derek asks her out and after some time, they become a couple. Then everything changes. Cassandra begins to act cold and distant. Gift finds a man following her. But even more disturbing are the changes she finds in herselfthe strength she never knew she possessed and the otherworldly beauty that seemed to develop overnight.An unexpected tragedy shakes up Gifts already fragile world and she falls ill for weeks. When she emerges from a raging fever, she is stricken with grief for losing something so precious. She walks for miles until she reaches an unfamiliar place that unlocks unveils the truth.