Beat it! That would be my best advice, given all that is contained on these pages. It’s not like you’re going to feel better after reading; there are no glass slippers at this ball. Still here? Let me sock it to you: My name is Emma, I used to be human and now I’m something else. My problem—aside from your face—is humanity. I endured a metamorphosis from hell, I wield power I still don’t fully understand, and I have suffered loss … that I cannot articulate. Perhaps, like you, I am ignorant of the gifts I have been given. Even with centuries, you humans just don’t get any better and I’ve crossed time and space to see it. I’ve met a man, a tall, dark stranger and I think he might just be our apocalypse.