Chapter one

Rafaella could never remember much of her birth parents. All she remembered was waking up in the arms of her soon to be adopted father. But she had to wait a while first.

Her experience in the foster care system was anything but happy. Her foster parents were falling apart and most of the time took their anger out on her. When the wife died, it got worse. Her foster father grew more cruel and abusive. It seemed that everything she did was wrong. If he even thought that she messed up he would beat her.

It was no wonder she only stayed there for only six months. Once she had the chance, she ran away and hid in the woods where she was found. The one who found her again was the same one who would soon be her adopted father. He found her and took her to the hospital because she looked pretty beat up. The doctors and nurses, including Raf's soon to be adopted mother, were a little baffled by what they found.

They found that she had wings her blood for some strange and disturbing reason was blue and seemed to hold amazing energy. All the doctors kept saying that they had to turn her into the science lab, but her soon to be adopted parents argued that she was just a child and should be given a chance at a normal life. But the doctors wouldn't be persuaded. They never got the chance to turn her in.

Angelica and Rodriguez Esquivel secretly checked her out of the hospital and packed up all they and their family had and left that night. They left Oklahoma behind and moved where they hoped that no one would find their new daughter. Jasper Nevada, this is where Raf grew up and this is where she would find who she really was.