table of contents chapter one - prologue - the escape chapter two - recollections chapter three - sanctuary chapter four - andrew chapter five - getting down to business chapter six - time with andrew chapter seven - a late night chapter eight - a search for answers chapter nine - a familys secret revealed chapter ten - gone chapter eleven - holiday games chapter twelve - the holidays chapter thirteen - arriving to shocking revelations chapter fourteen - new york on new years eve chapter fifteen - death arrives claiming his first two victims chapter sixteen - a sorrowful return chapter seventeen - a tearful trip chapter eighteen - sanctuary situations chapter nineteen - an unexpected turn of events chapter twenty - my parents arrival at sanctuary chapter twenty-one - a steamy vision and an unwelcomed surprise chapter twenty-two - a piercing realization shatters momentary peace chapter twenty-three - the arrival chapter twenty-four - stephens stunning secret is revealed chapter twenty- five - arrival to tragedy chapter twenty-six - springtime chapter twenty-seven - confrontation and commitment chapter twenty-eight - andrews absence chapter twenty-nine - an unsuspected alliance forms chapter thirty - an enemy uncloaked chapter thirty-one -an ancient secret unearthed chapter thirty-two - epilogue note to reader chapter one - prologue the escape as the setting sun glistens on the wet leaves lining the last eight miles of winding road ending my two thousand mile journey across country , i dare to envision the possibility of a new life free from the shadows of my former self .