For three years they called me a freak—and I stayed silent—until they touched my little sister in front of everyone, and the truth I buried finally came out and changed everything.

your arm is glowing,” Lily whispered, her voice cracking with a terrifying mixture of horror and exhaustion as she pointed at my sleeve. Through the dark fabric of my gray hoodie, a faint, luminescent green aura was visibly pulsing in perfect sync with the agonizing heat. She was trembling so violently that her teeth clicked together in the darkness,continue reading …