Prologue: Cry

Alice's body was folded compactly against herself as she sat up against the wall; and though Bella was only ten feet away across the room, her sobs seemed so distant to her.

"Alice…" Bella's voice was soft, hardly even there. She lifted her head from her knees, eyes full of sorrow and worry. "Do you think we'll get Em back?"

"Bella…" Alice bit her lip, looking away from her good friend's weary eyes. "Yeah, we'll get her back." She finally said her voice bitter with a hint of anger.

She was angry at herself.

She was angry at Jake and Sean.

But, most importantly she was furious towards Dalton.

The two girls both looked toward the window twenty feet above them. Somewhere from the castle in which they were confined, an animal cried out in pain or in misery, the girl's weren't sure.

Alice then stood up, turning to punch the wall behind her, though it only made her hand hurt and her knuckles bleed. "I'll kill you Dalton." She murmured, seething with fury. "I'll kill you…"