p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.4667px;"It was the last gift that he had /His life, after all..He had been the one to take his brothers /Not intentionally but still. A life for a life was fair, right?br /The only way to save Josh was by going back to the beginning. How had he gotten here? He couldn't remember./p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;"He was..in the bath tub? Fully clothed and all. Looming above him was his father: Adam Shepherd. Oh how he loathed his father, staring into those cold eyes that lit a fire inside of him. The mans calloused hands pressed to Alex's shoulders. It was then he realized his wrists were bound. Wait, the prophecy..He knew what this was./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;"His father was going to drown him. He was really going to do it..He would have been madder if he hadn't known the truth before now. The truth he was born for this moment. In order for things to be peaceful he had to die. For Joshua to live Alex had to die. He was created for the soul purpose of being a human sacrifice./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;""This is the only way, son.." Adam said gruffly. It was then that Alex heard a muffled sob, looking to see that Josh was standing in the doorway. He looked so terrified, eyes wide with horror and tears sliding down his cheeks. The last thing Alex wanted was to see his brother cry. This was not his fault./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;""Josh...It's okay." He said gently but before he could get any other words out he was shoved under the water by his father. He was vaguely aware of muffled screaming he was sure was his brother. Alex could only struggle in vain as water began to fill his lungs, his world starting to become nothing but inky darkness./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;""I'm sorry, Josh..but this is the only thing I can do to save you. My last gift as your big brother. Goodbye.."/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px;"He was..in the bath tub? Fully clothed and all. Looming above him was his father: Adam Shepherd. Oh how he loathed his father, staring into those cold eyes that lit a fire inside of him. The mans calloused hands pressed to Alex's shoulders. It was then he realized his wrists were bound. Wait, the prophecy..He knew what this was./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;"His father was going to drown him. He was really going to do it..He would have been madder if he hadn't known the truth before now. The truth he was born for this moment. In order for things to be peaceful he had to die. For Joshua to live Alex had to die. He was created for the soul purpose of being a human sacrifice./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;""This is the only way, son.." Adam said gruffly. It was then that Alex heard a muffled sob, looking to see that Josh was standing in the doorway. He looked so terrified, eyes wide with horror and tears sliding down his cheeks. The last thing Alex wanted was to see his brother cry. This was not his fault./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;""Josh...It's okay." He said gently but before he could get any other words out he was shoved under the water by his father. He was vaguely aware of muffled screaming he was sure was his brother. Alex could only struggle in vain as water began to fill his lungs, his world starting to become nothing but inky darkness./p
p style="margin: 6px 0px;""I'm sorry, Josh..but this is the only thing I can do to save you. My last gift as your big brother. Goodbye.."/p
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