Deepest Desire

Prologue



[Third Person]

Rain pours on the ground as she walks through the streets of New York City. With an umbrella above her head, she cannot help but feel satisfied. The darkness of the sky, the stars, the lights of the streets. They are all beautiful.

The sound and smell of the rain calms her. Especially the sound of the rain on slant windows. It helps her sleep at night. It's incredibly relaxing.

After about 10 minutes she finally arrives at her suburban house, right near the city. She was hoping to come home to her loving boyfriend.

She uses her key to open the front door. The warmth she feels around her when she usually enters her house isn't there. It's freezing. She rubs her hands together for warmth and makes her way to the kitchen.

But what she sees shocks her.

Her boyfriend is lying on the floor, his hand clutched against his chest. His face is as pale as the moon, and whatever was going on with him was sucking the life out of him.

Aria covers her mouth with both of her shaking hands and runs as fast as she can. She drops herself onto her knees and caresses his cheek.

"What happened?" sobs rack through her. This wasn't real, was it? It couldn't be. His eyes make their way to her teary ones. He uses all of his strength to raise his arm and rub her belly.

"Take care of her," he whispers painfully. Aria squints her eyes in an attempt to lose the tears in her eyes.

She grabs his hand and kisses his knuckles. "N-no, I can't do anything without you!" she screams at him. A faint weak smile appears on his lips. "Yes you can," he coughs, blood spilling out of his mouth. "you've always been an independent woman."

She moves her hands to his bullet wound and puts pressure on it. "Please don't leave me!" she sobs uncontrollably. "Tell me what happened!"

The smile he had on his face fades away and all the life he had left leaves his eyes. The hand he had on her belly slowly falls down onto the ground.

"No!" she yells. She begins shaking him, but there was no reponse. "Who did this to you? Answer me!"

She drops her head and rests it on his body, hugging him as tight as she could as she cried.

She rubs her belly. "I'll never leave you, my little Odette." she sniffs.



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This chapter was really short because I didn't want to add anything else. I just wanted to show you how and why she became a single mother. This scene took place 2 months before Chapter 1.

Who killed him? You'll find out soon!

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