MORTAL DANGER Ann Aguirre —-1 Feiwel and Friends —0 New York —+1 1105-57735_ch00_1P.indd05-57735_ch00_1P.indd i 33/1/14/1/14 33:44:44 PPMM A FEIWEL AND FRIENDS BOOK An Imprint of Macmillan MORTAL DANGER. Copyright © 2014 by Ann Aguirre. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Harrisonburg, Virginia. For information, address Feiwel and Friends, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010. Feiwel and Friends books may be purchased for business or promotional use. For information on bulk purchases, please contact the Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department at (800) 221- 7945 x5442 or by e-mail at
[email protected]. Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Available ISBN: 978- 1- 250- 02464- 0 Book design by . Feiwel and Friends logo designed by Filomena Tuosto First Edition: 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -1— macteenbooks.com 0— +1— 1105-57735_ch00_1P.indd05-57735_ch00_1P.indd iiii 33/1/14/1/14 33:44:44 PPMM For the survivors: That which did not kill us made us stronger. —-1 —0 —+1 1105-57735_ch00_1P.indd05-57735_ch00_1P.indd iiiiii 33/1/14/1/14 33:44:44 PPMM -1— 0— +1— 1105-57735_ch00_1P.indd05-57735_ch00_1P.indd iviv 33/1/14/1/14 33:44:44 PPMM DEATH WATCH was supposed to die at 5:57 a.m. I At least, I had been planning it for months. First I read up on the best ways to do it, then I learned the warning signs and made sure not to reveal any of them.