Akela is eighteen years old. She will be eighteen forever, because there are monsters that are impossible to defeat. Although that's not what matters. Maybe that's not the story she wants to tell. Or maybe it is inevitable that, in order for her to tell you how she met Danny and how she changed the lives of her brother Kai and him, she tells you about her illness. How she discovered that there are people destined to be something as immense as being a friend. People destined for you, even if your time together cannot be eternal. How Kai understood that, sometimes, love does save and that hugs from the right person heal. They both forgot that living is not the same as being alive.