Chapter 5
“There was a time when I told myself that I only needed to be brave five minutes longer. I'm pretty sure that five minutes passed a long time ago, but the only other option was to curl up and start rocking and drooling down my chin. Since drool dribbling down my chin just didn't seem like a dignifying way to handle the situation, I've decided to extend the five minutes. A hero is no different than an ordinary man. He is just braver five minutes longer. I can do this.” ~Jewel Stone
The door to her room flew open, slamming into the stone wall with a thundering clap. Volcan strolled in the room looking entirely too much like the Joker from the Batman movie she'd watched with her mom last summer. His eyes were wild and his grin was much too big, as though a stick had been forced in
