Chapter One

  “Shhhh, look there. See? He’s the one!” Lidia pointed out the bay window, half hidden by the velvet curtain that separated their world from the outside. “Ah, isn’t he… just… ravishing?”      “Him? With the big nose?” “His nose is not big. It’s just very prominent and regal.” “I believe they call that …

Prologue

Forward. Backward. He wasn't sure where he was going. He felt adrift in a sea of nothing, his body light with the ebb and flow of whatever casted him along his way. He knew he had fingers and toes but could not move them; knew he had eyes but could not see; knew he had …