The Girl Who Refused to Be Broken

ersonal challenge. The days blurred into a haze of fear and small acts of rebellion –

hear and make the connection. "Eli Miller! Agnes Miller! They live near Sti

e, but I saw him glance my way when he thought I wasn't watching. I looked terrible, I

old Eli?" Pa Peterson a

. "Heard her. Sounds crazy." But his ey

ying to drag me towards a dark, musty root cellar b

ed, kicking and scratching. "Gra

face inches from mine, his breath foul. He ba

me through the cellar door,

Open up! Sh

t shivers down my spine even in my terror – Grandpa E

ading light, Grandma Agnes beside him, her face a mask of fury. Sheriff Brody, looki

struggling in Cletus's grip. A

Grandpa Eli said, his

new kind of fear. He released me, a

an instant, her arms around me.

turned his icy gaze on the Petersons. Sheriff Brody

sons, faced with Eli Miller's c