Chapter Two

"I can't count how many times,

Awakened in fear, nightly.

Palms sweating.

Dreams of promises I've made

to no one but myself

Have been crushed daily." – Avenged Sevenfold 'Demons'

As soon as Isaac left, he was replaced with a group of squealing, giggling girls who called themselves my friends. They knew I was to be wed, but they didn't know who my groom was. The way I figured it only three, well technically two people knew. Isaac knew and the groom knew. The person who I was counting as third was He Who Walks Behind the Rows, but I didn't really believe that he existed, so the thought of him/it knowing was quickly dismissed from my mind.

"Oh, Kara! You're so lucky!" said Jennifer. She was fourteen, but looked old for her age.

She had blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. She didn't look like a child, and most of the time she acted like an adult. She had heavy bags under her eyes, but I could never figure out why. I assumed that it was because she didn't want to go through with killing her parents, and she had to watch her older brother do it. At that time, it didn't matter anymore, for her brother went to He Who Walks Behind the Rows a little less than a year previously. We all thought that she would have gotten over it, but I think that seeing her brother go like that only made it worse for her. If I was in her position, I would have been sleep deprived as well.

But I wasn't. At first I didn't sleep at all, not after what I had seen. The worst was what had happened to Job's dad. Job and his father went to the café, and I did too. I wasn't exactly sure why I went there, but I was a kid and I really wanted one of the chocolate shakes. I sat down and got mine, and Job got one of his own. We didn't know that everyone in that room was going to die in a few minutes. I looked up towards the window and I saw Isaac. He nodded to somebody and I turned around to see that it was Malachai, who was behind Job and me. He actually looked casual, and I didn't know he was even there. When I noticed that he was looking at me, I gave him a slight smile. He didn't give one back.

That's when it happened. People started coughing and choking, and there was nothing I could do. Kids killed all the adults, there's really no way to describe it. Job's dad was last. He was struck, but still he began to move towards his son. Then Malachai struck him again, and then again, killing him. For a minute, I couldn't hear anything; it was like the world suddenly went silent. I looked at Job, just a seat away from me and I saw that his mouth was moving, and I knew that sound was coming out, I just couldn't hear it. I looked at Malachai, still in the same spot. I looked into his eyes and knew. I just knew. Something was gone. Maybe it was the warmth which was replaced with cruelty and hate. I just stared at him, and then something unbelievable occurred. He smiled. He actually smiled at me. It wasn't a kind smile though. It was one word, evil.

At that moment I discarded of whatever form of friendship we had. Malachai was a killer. A ruthless, coldblooded killer.

"Kara, who do you think it is?" a girl asked me.

"It's rather simple," I said," if we figure out all of the people who are sixteen and not yet married, I'm sure we'll find out who it is."

They stared at me. I knew we wouldn't do that because Isaac wouldn't like it and God forbid, excuse my pun, that Isaac would be upset. All of them basically worshiped him, and I wondered why. To me, he wasn't much for looks. He was short and annoying but mostly he was a liar. In my opinion there was no way he was a prophet, so why did everyone suddenly believe him? I couldn't help but wonder what it was that they saw in the cornfield that day.

The day that changed all our lives forever. The day that people died.

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