Jareth Pov
It was surreal knowing that the little girl that was entirely too skinny, with pure white hair and wide blue-green eyes, was my future. I remember that day, the first day I saw her in the square. I was twelve, she was ten. I was trying to dare Lenny to steal a stick of meat from a man who was way more preoccupied with the women than his own wares. Lottie was giving us away, mostly because she wouldn't leave me alone, and Jaelyn was trying to tell us to behave in the quietest way possible, which meant only I really heard her. I had turned to look at Jaelyn, I couldn’t even remember why anymore. Was it to tease her for having her nose in a book? Despite the fact that, when I turned fifteen, I started to be obsessed with reading as well. Maybe it was because I was simply the young
