"I should have known better… I should have known I'd just be a placeholder. And yet I didn't. I thought it was real…" I said looking over my shoulder back at her. Her boyfriend pulled her close to him but I could see the tears in her eyes. They were real.

"Come on Embry, we gotta go sacrifice ourselves for them now…" Mike said picking up his bags and motioning with his head towards the exit. I took one last look at her over my shoulder before leaving her… before leaving my life behind.