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Prologue

The Throay Child

Sayonara, hter Mono no aware You are like the sakura flower that bloo, so lovely and full of life and color You are here inme with your innocent beauty and kind soul, and a brief ain, out ofdaughter, to leave you behind I arow up, feel your love, or hear you call me “Okasama” But I am not a worthy mother Thus, sayonara, my beautiful Sakura

Sakura, with no last nae in a small town called South Hampton in St Joseph Island Her irl in a basket along with a note that said My daughter’s name is Sakura and a beautiful necklace with a pink diamond pendant in the shape of a cherry blossom

Sakura was a shy, quiet girl Her childhood lacked the love and affection that one receives from one’s parents From very early on, she knew she didn’t have a ed to have them She did not interactshe looked different, having half-Caucasian and half-Asian blood, and therefore she was constantly picked on

Mrs Byrd, the heade, didn’t like Sakura very hter, Tara Byrd, as Sakura’s age and her worst nightmare It was apparent from very early on that Tara was destined to be Sakura’s ene Sakura and irl froet for her amusement

Tara knew she was pretty and everyone adored her She had her e wrapped around her little finger Many times she would tell her mother, and everyone else for that ods other than their Jesus Christ, spoke to the devil, stole food froer children, and many more

Mrs Byrd, always believing her beloved daughter, would punish Sakuraher backside, taking away her toys and books, denying herher kneel on the concrete floor in the church froht without any food or water, all in order to teach her a lesson Hence Sakura lived in the orphanage being bullied, hated, and ignored

Eventually, she grew accusto alone and learned to endure the harassiveness for being a naughty girl, she prayed instead she’d get adopted by a nice family who loved her and to leave this horrendous place where no one liked her Then she’d daydrea far away and living with her very own faine, s her dream come true before it actually happened

Such was the power of positive thinking, for Sakura’s dream did come true one day

The fa to appeared after she turned seven years old It was during the sue were invited to have a picnic with the Princetons, the wealthiest fae

Sakura knew the moment she stepped out of the bus and onto the neatly paved pathway and exotically beautiful garden that she wanted to be here When she stared up at the enormous mansion like those castles in fairytale books, she sucked in her breath with pleasure Her head spun in delight as she gazed up at the building that stretched high above her

“Whoa! So pretty! So big!” the children reed with them

The reet theolden-blond hair, very much like Tara’s hair that everyone loved He had a nice sreeted every one of them, and Sakura felt her heart quicken with happiness as his eyes met hers There was kindness within those eyes that Sakura had never received from anyone before

The entle, rolling lawn and nolia trees, where delicious food and sweet drinks waited for them to enjoy That hen the whole family came out, and Sakura instantly fell in love with them and knew she wanted to be with them