Avery delaney has always tried to put the past far behind her. Abandoned by her rapacious, conniving mother when she was only three days old, avery was raised by Her Grandmother and beloved aunt carolyn. Then, when she w...Avery delaney has always tried to put the past far behind her. Abandoned by her rapacious, conniving mother when she was only three days old, avery was raised by Her Grandmother and beloved aunt carolyn. Then, when she was eleven, she witnessed Her Grandmother's violent death, before avery herself was shot and left for dead.