Jace's POV

Seven years ago

It was my nineteenth birthday today but it felt like every other day if not worse. Dad was out on a business trip, Mum was off partying somewhere downtown while Jay was at boarding school. I was the only one home if Dad's precious son didn't count.

"You sure you will be okay alone?" Brandon asked for the umpteenth time. He had promised to spend the day with me and he did, but he had to go now. We had played games and did the usual stuff we usually did but the emptiness in my heart never went away. I was finally an adult but...