In Return
Prologue- Dreams
The girl sat bolt upright in bed. "No!" She cried before realizing that it was all just a dream. She gave a sigh of relief and lay down, hoping that no one had heard her. She dared not go back to sleep for fear that the dream-if it could be so called- would return. It was another sleepless night for her.
After much tossing and turning, she finally decided she couldn't stay in bed. She crept to the balcony, the moonlight falling around her like a halo. After ever so quietly opening the balcony door, she stepped out into the cool night air.
The girl took several deep breaths of the clean night air before leaning on the railing and looking out over the beautifully lit city. So beautiful, and yet she could not be content. Life wasn't fair. Did she have to be the special one?
"Why me?" she whispered painfully, the words rattling like dry grass across her lips. "Why me?"
