Prologue
I never knew what war was like until I was thirteen. And why would I? I'm only a child, after all.
If only I had listened to my father...maybe this wouldn't have happened. I wouldn't have gotten us into this huge mess. But, then again, maybe they wouldn't have survived...if I hadn't done what I had.
I don't know how I know how to do this. Maybe this knowledge has always been within me; within my mind, my soul, my blood. Perhaps this was just in my DNA, my destiny.
But never mind that. All that matters now is my family. And getting them somewhere safe. Somewhere this war can never reach them.
There is only one place that can do that.
Through the Gate.
