--- "Then, by the power invested in me, by the state of Ohio, I now pronounce you man and wife. Jack, you may kiss your bride."

The room burst into applause and cheers.

For the remainder of the warm, summer night, the guests were all on the beach, toasting, dancing, and feasting; all but one.

This one child didn't like the match. She didn't like the groom even more.

The child was 7-year-old Allie James. While her mother was changing her name to Rogers, Allie refused and kept her own. The girl's silver eyes were set at a scowl from the mansion window, overlooking the lake. ---

-New Flashback-

--- "Get up, you little witch!" A man pulled a teen, about 13, up by her hair.

"You can't talk to me like that! You're not my father!!" The young teen struggled, her silver eyes brimming with tears.

The man threw Allie against the wall and kicked her to unconsciousness. "You're pathetic. You'll never amount to anything." ---

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Yes, I'm sorry it's short, but it's only the Prologue