C H A PT E R O N E The firE tower If Kaden had gotten the dog he wanted for his eleventh birthday it would have barked when the man walked up the narrow path from the road The man would have wondered how a dog got trapped in the top of an abandoned fire tower He would have tried to rescue it and Kaden’s secret hiding spot would have been discovered instantly But the man took no notice of a crow cawing incessantly from the window of the fire tower Kubla was much better than a watchdog if you really wanted no one to notice you And that was exactly what Kaden wanted No one to notice Kaden should have easily gone through life unnoticed He was very average Average height and weight Unnoticeable 1
