Welcome back!
So I thought to start things off with a future-flash that will make sense near the end of the story. Just to set the mood you know.
Also, for the second half, I thought to try writing the chapters in both Mina and Rhys's point of view. Hopefully it goes well.
Anyway, enjoy! Thank you for reading!
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PROLOGUE
There comes a time when choices must be made. Some choices are hard to make while others come naturally. Some take deliberation and thought, others an instantaneous reaction. One thing is for certain, however: all choices have consequences.
I must now face mine.
The dull thud of my knees echoes throughout the room as they hit the black-and-white checkered marble floor.
I clutch one hand to my stomach and hold myself up with the other. Blood pools between my fingers and drips onto the marble floor in time with the pulsing in my ears. The pain is nearly unbearable. Everything feels so wrong.
Everything.
The room spins as vertigo hits. This is it.
This is the pivotal moment that all my decisions have brought me to. This is the moment when fate takes control and lays out the future.
I can do nothing but stare at the worn boots only feet away and then up to the white-knuckled hand clutching the gilded knife while I wait for the magic to take hold. Slowly, my gaze rises until I'm looking into eyes so familiar, they almost seem my own. Our eyes lock and I have no regrets.
It has all come down to this. The choice I have made might ruin everything...
…but I know beyond a doubt I have made the right one.