PREFACE
I looked into the eyes of the ones who I had looked at so many times before. Their eyes were sparkling with the intensity and desire to kill. We were their prey, and they were the hunters. I was not afraid, though I knew we were all in mortal danger. But, still, I was not afraid. Not afraid of what was going to happen, or what they were going to do. I felt well. Whole. All the strands of my life that were tattered and set astray, were found, and were in place again. Like they had never been scattered and torn in the first place. If I was going to die, I was going to with the ones I loved. I didn't care about anything else. I didn't care where I went after this. Anywhere with Edward and my family would be just as fine as heaven or better. Our hunter enclosed on us and we knew we were trapped. But, I had hope. Had hope that we would stay together after this. Our hope was a little light in the night sky that would refuse stop shining.
I was staring at Edward and the next to my side completely unaware of the danger around us. I was happy. We weren't going to die alone. We would always be together, no matter what. No matter what got in between us. We were whole. One piece. The other wouldn't die without the other piece following. We were together. Nothing could break the hold we had with each other. Nothing. Even the hunters who desired to kill us, could not separate us.
"I love you, more than my own life," he whispered into my hair. "Goodbye." I hugged him closer to me. We would always be together. There would be no goodbyes. I promised myself that. The hunters attacked, and we slipped into the blind darkness.. ……………….together.