~*~ Prologue ~*~

It was dark. The girl was running. She had mid-back length, straight, shining black hair that occasionally looked blue. She had skin the color of peanut butter and big, shining brown eyes. She was thin, not too tall, standing at 5'4. She seemed frail and weak, but if you knew her, you knew for a fact that she wasn't. Her long thin blood red silk nightdress twirled around her ankles as she ran. Her bare feet thumping against the cool green grass. She made the mistake of turning around to see if he was still chasing her. A branch scratched her arm. She silent screamed profanities and made a mental note to avoid that next time.

If there was a next time. The footsteps behind her were advancing. She groaned and mumbled quietly, "Come on wings, pick me up . . ."

She rose slightly off of the ground before her feet hit the ground again with a thud and she continued running. "Shit," she murmured.

"Just give up Selene. You can't run forever," came a voice as soft as a whisper from behind her. Or maybe he swept the thought across her mind.

"Yes I can!" She pushed herself to run and ran as fast as she could before she slipped and fell into a ditch. She started screaming as she felt around looking for something to hold onto. She looked up and saw him hover over the ditch, looking down at her falling and he said, "I always win Selene. Always." With that he disappeared.

She screamed at the top of her lungs and continued falling. This was exactly how she lost her mother, was it going to continue sweeping through her family until it got her too? She kept falling, until . . .

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