PREFACE

He watched as she walked toward her certain death. But she didn't have to die. He could save her and their unborn child. All he had to do was sacrifice himself.

The guards hand was loose on his shoulder, barely restraining him as he prepared to face whatever his destiny had planned to come to.

As the plan formulated in his head he noticed her steps had stopped as she prepared to turn to face him.

Little had he known that she had had the same plan. She was willing to give her own life and that of her child to save him.

As she turned around to see the love of her life for what would certainly be the final time, she noticed he too was moving.

She only heard the sound of the shot fire, for she had slipped back around in time, as her reason for existence in the past year fell to the stone floor.

Death is a hard thing to stare down for yourself. But it is impossible to stare down the death of the other half of your soul.

She had to survive now. His efforts and sacrifice must not be in vain. His childmust survive…