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Chapter 1
Since day one I knew I was different. I wasn't like the other girls. I had this darkness that bubbled beneath the surface. Never dormant for too long. My exterior was anything but, I was the picturesque model of what every girl should look like; long blond silky hair, fair skin, rosy cheeks, long lashes, red lips, and eyes bluer than the sky itself. I was this adorable little poster child that my mother was so proud of, that was, until she discovered what I truly was. A monster. A disgusting abomination, a creature directly plucked out from a Greek myth. Nothing suitable to exist in this reality run by superficial humans. To keep it short my mother abandoned me leaving me to fend for myself. I came home one day to an empty house. Since then I've been taking care of myself, to tell you the truth I'm surprised I have survived for this long. I can hardly believe it. The thing is, I didn't live in a pigsty, I went to school, I cooked my food, and I was, and still am, completely civilized. They never sold the house so I ended up staying in it. I didn't have electricity, air conditioning, running water, or a heater, but I still made things work. On top of that I was an honor roll student and had a job. To sum it all up… I worked my ass off.
I never really had any friends. This was mainly because if I did they would eventually find out about… my condition. And that wouldn't be good for anyone. No, I had to keep this horrible secret to myself, if that meant a life of solitude then so be it. I don't exactly know what triggers the monster in me, though it mostly happens when I get in very close contact with another person. It's not so bad, being alone. Over the years, I guess you can say I've made one friend. The neighborhood cat, I named what I presumed was a she-cat, Scarlet; do to her exquisite red eyes.
Then that fatal day came, and my life would never be the same. When I finally unearthed the secrets behind who I really am.
As I walked home from the midnight shift at Hillrode diner I couldn't help feel eyes following me. The hairs on my neck were standing straight as I quickened my pace. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw a figure in the darkness, my breathing became rugged as I started jogging. I heard a ruckus behind me, my eyes wide as I looked back. That's when I ran into something, well not so much a something but a someone. I looked up to see a man my chest pressed against his. I inched back a little as I saw a smirk on his face.
"Well, well, what do we have here? A little lost lamb?" the man said his voice reeked of liquor.
"I-I'm not lost. I k-know exactly where I'm going." I replied as I inched back some more my voice faltering me.
He laughed. "Hush now little lamb, I'll take care of ya." He said grabbing my wrist roughly.
"LET GO OF ME!" I yelled trying to pull away from his grasp. Suddenly he wrapped his free arm around my body pressing his disgustingly putrid alcoholic drenched lips on mine. At first I resisted but then the hunger kicked in. It wasn't like anything I've ever felt before it was a burning passion that couldn't be quenched. I've never wanted it this badly before. I heard him moaning. And I couldn't help the moan that escaped my lips. This yearning this adulterous desire that engulfed my body there was nothing that could stop it. My eyes started glowing a luminous blue. And then I sorta started doing it… I'm not really sure what exactly it is. I could describe it as me sucking in an incandescent blue mist from his mouth. It felt so good. Like the emptiness in me was finally gone. His body slumped to the ground. He laid on the ground, lifeless. Once the high wore off I looked down at his motionless body, my eyes wide and frightened. What had I just done? I yelled at myself in my head. He was dead. I killed him. OH GOD NO. Tears started streaming down my face. I just killed someone. I ran, as fast as I could away from the man I had just murdered. I was still crying as I ran straight into something. I moved back. It was another man, well more like a boy.
"Grace Evergreen." He paused. "The Ash would like to see you."