1861 Chapter One: Pain
"Miss," a quiet voice called to me. I was a nurse in this hospital ward during the war. I wasn't getting paid much, but that was OK. I enjoyed helping the wounded. This was a peaceful place. Both Confederate and Union soldiers came here. "I'll be right there." I said in a kind voice. I walked up to the man. I had never seen him before. "Yes?" I asked him. "Can you please get me a glass of your freshest water?" He asked me. "Coming right up." I said happily. He was very charismatic. And very charming. His short, wavy blond hair was matted due to battle. His skin was pearly white. Strangely, he looked too young to be in the army, maybe my age of 17. I wondered what he was doing here. There was a nurse sitting, obviously not working. Maybe I could ask her. "Hello-" I looked at her nametag. Her name was May M."May. Can I have a moment of your time?" She nodded, getting up off a pillow that was on the floor. "Hmmm?" May sort of asked me. "Do you know why that man-" I pointed to him."is in here?" I replied. May frowned. "The poor man. From what I heard, Judy found him alone in a clearing, screaming and bleeding all over. There weren't any bullets nearby. Maybe he knows." May started to comfort a sleeping patient. I mouthed the words Thank you. May smiled. I carried the intimidating man's glass, daydreaming as I walked. I wondered if he was a married man. I wouldn't be surprised if he was, I thought. Once I got to his bed, I handed him his glass of water, which he set on the small wooden table next to him. "Thank you, ma'am." He said with a smile. I took a nervous, deep breath. "So... do you know how you ended up in here?" I asked him. "What is your name?" I added. He thought for a moment. "Hmmm..." He said. "It's all kind of a blur now. I remember three faces. Three beautiful faces. They were speaking to each other. Then, the one in the middle that must have been the leader reached down to my neck and whispered to me. 'Hold still,' she said. And then pain. So much pain." He winced. "Do you have any idea what she could hve done?" I asked him, curious. A menacing grin entered his normally happy face."It was kind of like this." He burst out of the bed and bit my neck with extreme force. "Oh, and by the way," He added. "The name's Jasper, and don't you forget it, little missy!" I didn't understand. Jasper was so kind to me. What had he just done. Whatever it was, it made my body burn all over. I screamed and shreiked, but no one soul would do anything to save me. Help me, Help me, I screamed. Now I was alone. Without Jasper. Maybe we would meet someday in heaven. The pain was never going to stop, was it?
Okay, What's going to happen to me? Where will Jasper go? Read the next chapter to find out!