Prologue:
My heart fluttered in a slight panic when the heavy door closed firmly behind me, I looked wildly around for my daughter, Kaorah, but she was nowhere to be seen. I came to the conclusion that she had not followed me into the store and a quick glance out the nearest window confirmed it. I tried to get her to come in by beckoning to her, but instead she just backed slowly away, her young eyes wide with fear and pain. Oh, how I wish I could have eased that pain. I had been just about to turn and leave when a glass jewellery case caught my eye. I was instantly drawn to it. But still I was being torn in two, my heart was being pulled further into the store, toward the glass case and whatever it contained. While my mind and body tugged at me to return to the door and leave for the safety of outside. It had been so long since I had done what my mind had told me to, but this force, it was so strong and compelling and- no. I was not about to go against long standing resolve to ignore the voice, no matter the cost. No matter the cost- did I really mean that, what if something was to happen to Kaor-, NO. Thinking like that is what drove Sam away. I refused to let it happen again. Slowly, but carefully, I began to back away from the front door and towards the jewellery case. The closer I got, the better I began to feel, I even started to stop thinking and just let my body take over. This had never happened before, I was just so relaxed, like some kind of magical force had a hold over me, but it was very pleasant. It was like a gentle caress on my skin, like a warm hug. I laid my sweating hand on the ice cold glass, the coolness making my palm all clammy. And that's when it happened, there was a manic laugh and then I was shrouded by darkness. I didn't even know who my attacker was, only that it had happened and I had failed, failed my sweet little Kaorah , failed Sam and failed my life in general. I felt my the chain of my necklace being ripped from my throat as my conscience faded away. Only one thought in my head. It was over and I had failed.
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Water-Bound
FantasyI'm Kaorah Kowzarki, all I ever wanted was a normal life, well clearly that was too much to ask. My mother is dead, my father... ha who knows Now i just live with my best friend Georgia, her sister and her grandmother. Or at least i was until one d...
