Sanctuary

Minerva Anderson and Bennett Shaw have been inseparable since birth, getting themselves in and out of trouble around the once-great city of New York, now known as the New Order. At a young age, the two watched as the city become overflowed with refugees escaping from a civil war beyond, leading to two new doctrines that would reform the New Order - walls surrounding the perimeter and an unlucky lottery. Although the walls captivated the two when they were younger, it would take them almost fifteen years to understand the lottery, a test to erase the memory of the people you love to help combat the city's overpopulation. The two know what happens to those who forget, but never about those who remember.

Word Count 5/15 - 8,900