I broke into a house in Coyoacán to steal, but found a blind girl tied to a chair. She whispered, “Did my mom come back to sell me again?” I decided to steal her back instead. As we reached the front door, heavy footsteps echoed from the dark hallway, and a voice growled, “Who is in there?”…

Chapter 1: The Hunger and the Hollow

“The lady promised that if I stayed perfectly silent, I might earn the privilege of chewing on some supper tonight.”

The moisture instantly evaporated from my tongue, leaving behind the coppery, metallic taste of profound shock. I stood frozen in the suffocating gloom of the dining room, a seasoned prowler paralyzed continue reading …