Juliann Vatalaro

For my Family Juliann Vatalaro

Family. For six years she felt the pain of that loss everyday. When she was seventeen she slowly started belonging to another family. Not your traditional family, but a family of mentors and friends. While this new family started out small, fewer then ten, it has grown to over fifty strong. For the past seven years Kenny has helped Nikki survive the loss of her family so many years ago and grasp on to the love of her new family. A task that has not been easy. While Nikki doesn't necessarily fight the love she inspires, she doesn't fully embrace it. She's told him more than once that the people she loves will die. A belief that has challenged him since the day they met. A belief that he will gladly spend the rest of his life disputing. That family is being threatened. A threat that reaches into Nikki's greatest fear. While Nikki and Kenny are partners in life, on the job and off, she has to fight this threat on her own. Telling anyone about the threat will bring an end to someone's life before their time. She has vowed that she would do anything for her family. Can she fight her fear to neutralize the threat? Can she find a way to save the people who are more precious to her then her own life? Can Nikki and Kenny live with the loss they will have to endure to protect the family?