Internal Fates

"Don't let them take me Seth!" Caymen cried out to me. "You know the only way is the worst but you need to do it! You can't let them take me!" He pleaded. Finally he demanded, "Do it. Now!"

I slowly raised my uncontrollably shaking hand that contained the key to death.

I looked away and within seconds the metallic bang rang through my ears. I can't believe what I just did...

Seth Thorne had a normal life. If you call it that. Take note on how I said had. Not has. He was a special kid. Very different from the rest.

By the time he was 12 he already saw how cruel reality was. How the government was corrupt and how humans were savages. He could sometimes find someone to exclude from those groups and call them a friend. He found only 3 when he grew up.

Caymen, Jacob, and Braeden. He grew up with a pretty good life. Of course, that is up for debate. But Seth and his friends grew up well. Until a darkness poisoned their lives...

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