Prologue
Pain, why does it follow me everywhere? Why can I never out run pain? Why can't I escape its awful grasp?
My body felt numb and cold, even when his arm held me close to his radiating body. My mind was foggy, covered with a thick mist. My heart though felt all the pain my body and mind didn't; it was making up for the lack of feeling everywhere else. As the preacher went on I looked over at my younger sister.
There she stood dressed in black with Embry standing faithfully beside her. Her eyes seemed dead and empty. Her russet skin seemed pale and her face no longer glowed like the sun. It pained me even more to see her so out of character, so unhappy. I looked back toward the preacher and saw some of the reservation guys lowering the coffin into the ground.
Then just like that my sister's wall shattered and she burst into tears, the pain was unbearable. Embry took her in his arms and she cried into his chest. I bit my lip as people all around started crying and the grip around me tightened. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream, but I didn't I just shut all my emotions in an unbreakable box.
She was so young, I thought as I stood in front of her tombstone with my sister. She loved us so much! All she ever wanted was for us to be happy, never caring about her own happiness! B-But now she's dead!!
My anger then began to rise, overcoming my sadness. I clenched my fists at my sides, my knuckles turning white. And it's all his fault!!
Pain is everywhere, and it can appear at anytime. It is the one of the only things that makes us human....