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"Wake up!" a voice says from what seems like a million miles away. I wake up in a cold sweat, scream as my eyes open, and I sit up in my bed. Frantically looking around, I see my younger sister, Rosie, standing on the side of my bed.
My mom walks in from behind her and grabs her shoulders, a small smile plastered on her face. "Sweetheart," she says as Rosie turns to look at her, "why don't you go eat some breakfast?" Rosie nods her head and leaves.
"The Collectors are almost here." My mom's voice is frail and afraid. "We don't have enough this time." A silent tear escapes her eye and falls to the floor.
"It's okay," I try to tell her, even though we both know it's not. We don't have enough money to pay the Collectors, the people our so called government sends to steal the citizen's hard earned money. "Tell them that we can get them extra next time."
"We both know that won't work," my mom tells me. "Just promise me something," her eyes from the floor to my own eyes, "promise me you'll take care of Rosie once I'm gone."
"Mom," my voice is barely audible now as I imagine the Collectors taking my mom away to 'Entertain' the Central. I didn't like the idea.
"Promise me what I had to promise your father!" she almost shrieks, making me jump in my bed.
"I promise," I say, thinking of my dad the day they took him away, the look on his face, the fear in his eyes. I look up and realize that my mom left the room, leaving me alone on my bed with a sick feeling. As quickly as I can, I slip on a pair of ratty dark blue jeans and a burgundy tank top.
Once I finish brushing the knots out of my hair and putting it in a slick ponytail, I run downstairs to my sister and mom. They're sitting at the table, silently eating bowls of oatmeal.
I walk over to the fireplace, and grab a bowl my mom prepared for me. Without bothering to sit down, I scoop the oatmeal into my mouth with my bare hands, spilling a little onto the floor.
Before I can finish, there's an angry knock on the door, followed by a loud voice calling to us inside. "Time to pay up!"
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Hush (They Will Find You..)
AcciónAris Blackwood, lives in the poor part of Mystic Village, which isn't very lucky. She is in the lowest class, Minors, which no one gives respect to. Aris is placed into a dome with 100 other people, who all have taken doses of serum that has made t...
