Preface
I closed my eyes as the smoke came thicker and thicker. Then I wrapped my arms around her body and covered her mouth with her torn up clothes. Her dirty blond hair covered her face as she lay in my arms. This is it, I told myself. I never thought I would die this way. I'd always imagined…well I'd never imagined my death really. But I knew that I'd never thought it would be murdered in this cruel way. I heard a faint scream and I covered my mouth also with my ragged out clothes. I breathed in them and out of them slowly. They smelled of sweat, dirt, and smoke. I hated that smell. But I knew that did not matter. Not now, anyway. My personal desires are nothing to think about right now. I knew I only had seconds left before the flames reached me. The air was becoming harder and harder to breath. I heard the terrified scream again, closer this time. I wondered if that was just in my head. I thought of how that would be me in just a few seconds. Then the flames got closer and I knew for sure it was all over.