The Butterfly Effect

"Dani..." The whispers haunted her. Fallen footfalls sounded like forgotten words. The pounding of her heart was so strong it deafened her. She no longer heard anything; the blackness of the world seemed to wrap itself around her, closing into her panting mouth--the dark was a pair of hands covering her ears. She ran, she needed to escape. She didn't want the dark. She despised the night.

Her legs flew her away, away, away...

Right to the flashing light, a braking screech, and a looming shadow of the man that ran her over.

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"You know I adore you, Roman..." Her soft voice were sharp nails digging into his heart, clawing out the very beating, bloody thing that kept him alive. He loathed her so much that the thin line between love and hate blurred into oblivion.

His foot pressed the gas pedal just a bit harder, nudging the car to speed down the road. Faster and faster, until a woman darted in front faster than he could stop. Her body fluttered to the ground like it was weightless. He rushed to the unconscious figure lying on the pavement.

He couldn't breathe.

She was like a butterfly; fragile, beautiful, and enchanting--flying away if your eyes stayed a moment too long.

Too bad he didn't know she alone would cause storms that would thunder his world.