Book excerpt: With her wound dripping with blood, a girl appears at the gate of a foster shelter...When Elina and her brother William discover that they have been denied humanity from birth, they decide to make a new life for themselves. As they fight the long-lasting battle to survive, the sinister truth slowly unfolds. When the deceit is finally revealed, is it still too late for Elina and William to save themselves? The book surrounds the loveliness of family life, the selfishness of human beings, the bloody battle of survival, and the only characters that prevail through life and death: forgive, love, cherish, live....