NOTE: i'm rewriting this story so if you read theres going to be typos and inconsistencies with the writing style, consider this a first draft. SYNOPSIS: Alexi June was your average teenage delinquent-he had an attitude, could see ghosts, an addiction to cigarettes, and he passed his time committing petty crimes. But what would become of him-on the night his sister was to die, when a grim reaper appears before him and splits her soul in two to save his life. With this new power, and new responsibility, his eyes have been opened to a whole new world; of which he had only ever before seen pieces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BLURB: Before Alexi knew what was happening, the reaper had him cradled in her arms as she kneeled next to him. She gripped his face firmly in front of her and let her lips fall open just a little as she used her thumb to pull his mouth open while using the other hand to pinch his nose shut. She leaned into him further, their lips just barely touching as she let out a shallow breath. A glowing, red ball of light slowly fluttered out of her mouth and Alexi couldn't help but suck it in-his body reacted without his permission. Swallowing hard, he felt his esophagus burn and his lungs were set ablaze. The pain was intense enough that it started pulling his mind back out of the haze. There was a burning sensation that had him choking and with every breath he pulled in, it grew, forcing him to cough out what looked and tasted like ash. "In order to protect your life, I have just shared my soul with you. You now have my ability to reap the spirits of the living and purify those which are tainted. Alexi June, you will live."

Imagine the second you're born, a consultant removes you from your mother's grasp and runs a battery of genetic and physiological tests on you. Thirty minutes later they give you a score out of one hundred which denotes your level of perfection. If your score is above eighty and you work hard to maintain that score you will have a charmed life; well fed, well-rewarded, spoiled. But fall below eighty and you're labelled Flawed, and life will not be so kind. Hannah is adopted by a Flawed family when her birth parents choose their social standing over their daughter and endures a life of struggle, hunger and service. One day Hannah is escorted to the regional government office and told that the Consultant who delivered her, who labelled her Flawed got it wrong! Now, she is being relocated back to her birth parents, to live as one of the Ninety-Five- all medically and legally judged as perfect. Entering this new life Hannah has an impossible decision to make which puts not only hers, but the lives of everyone she cares about at great risk. "The Numbered- where no one wants to be number one". Authors notes: -This is a first draft of my story and will be edited soon. -2013 Began writing Flawed -2015 Watty Winner/ Named changed to The Numbered -2016 Completed The Numbered -2019 Optioned by eOne for development into a TV show.