The Phoenix Survivors

I. Spark

PART ONE

SPARK

I was sixteen the first time I realized—really realized—that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Hallie Holden. That I couldn’t live without her, and I wouldn’t want to if I had to.

By the time I was twenty, I knew there was no separating us.

I’m twenty-five now. I lost her once, in the cruelest way possible because she was right there, but she had no idea that she was mine. I won’t give up on her, though. I’ll be by her side, and when the fires settle, I’ll still be there.

- Chase Knight