It was by far her best birthday ever. Surrounded by friends and family, there were no secrets to keep from any of them. Lilly was deliriously happy, and it was easily noticeable by the constant grin that spread across her glowing face.
The only downside was the lack of one particular person, the person who continued to be missing after sixteen months. Her father, Jackson Tulugaq. But Lilly was determined not to let that spoil her day. Although she still thought of her father often and there were days when her heart felt like it had been ripped out of her chest, she was still confident that he would eventually be found, alive, human (not a vampire) and well.
But on that day, her fifteenth birthday, Lilly didn't want to dwell on the sadness in her life. She tried to concentrate on all the
