T r u t h
P r e f a c e
I felt my body hit the water, breaking a thin sheet of ice in the process. I was sinking further. I couldn't breath, looking wide eyed up at the disappearing sky. Feeling the freezing water against my skin, my body was numb and I couldn't even make an attempt to reach the surface. I reached out slowly towards the light that was the sun above the water.
The sky seen above the water was dimming. I could barely see anything now, knowing I was plummeting further toward the bottom of the ice covered lake that would soon be my grave.
I knew I wouldn't be able to last much longer and I felt my eyes closing slowly. So this is how I'll die, huh? I thought to myself. Ever since Itachi became my guardian, I no longer thought I'd die from a blow to the head from my mother or father. I no longer thought I'd be targeted in an alley way and get raped as I had as a little kid. I no longer thought I'd die alone.
But here I was on the brink of death, descending lower to the dark depths of the lake. And where was Itachi? Where was he now to save me?
Would I really die alone?
I was suffocating.
My lungs burned, longing for air, but there was none. I suddenly jerked around, my eyes shooting open. I needed air. My arms flailed toward the surface, but I was too far down.
I felt my heart pounding loudly and I couldn't feel the water any longer. My whole body was numb and yet, I was still alive. Somehow. But I was dying slowly and I knew it.
The dim light from above that was shining through the clear water was hidden by a dark shadow that I could faintly see moving from the land above me. Was it that man? The man with the golden eyes? Would he watch in amusement as I struggle in my last moments of life?
Itachi…please…
Save me.
T o B e C o n t I n u e d…
P l e a s e R e v i e w.
I know some of you have already read this preface, but I want to start the story like this. The updates will not be as fast as they were in Red Water, so I apologize if some of the chapters take longer to post than others. Thank you for reading. Look out for the next chapter. I have most of it written up.
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