Born of Death

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Not a single one of us is related in any way. We aren't siblings, cousins, or parents to each other. But we all needed help in some way, so we helped each other. You're part of that now." Mei is only seven-years-old when she finds everything in her life slipping away. Having Albinism has ostracized Mei from her peers and society. After being abandoned to die as an infant, she finds herself abandoned once again by the adoptive parents who were supposed to love her. But Mei has one person who loves her... until a car wreck takes them away too. This is when Mei decides she is better off alone. But she soon discovers life isn't as easy on the streets as she had hoped. With determination, Mei decides she will survive … or die trying. Three years after Zoe's death, Sara can't stop thinking about her, and that day she lost the person she loved. Every day brings her renewed fear that she will lose someone else. To Madison, it feels like her and Sara's lives stopped with those words the police officer spoke at their door three years ago, leaving Madison wondering if they will ever be whole again. Though Emily just lost her mother to a car wreck, and her father a year before that, she fights to stay strong for Sara, the person she loves. But it is starting to feel too heavy. It feels like the cracks running through her are getting too deep. But everything changes when a broken little girl, with no options left, steps out of a thunderstorm and into her life. This family, made up of friends, finds themselves with a new and unexpected struggle. The struggle of raising and protecting a child, a child that is far from average at that. But it is the challenge of keeping Mei safe with them, in keeping this odd new family together that makes life worth living again. Tropes: Found Family, LGBTQ+ Family, Slice of Life, Adoption, Friendship. Trigger Warnings: This story contains subjects of bullying, abandonment, homophobia (specifically: Lesbophobia), and suicide. I like my readers to be well informed of such topics ahead of time, because your well being is worth more than my novel.