Burning Blood

We dragged the bodies out to the mass grave during the night, when we thought no one was watching. Food these days are scarce. We do what we must to stay alive.

I throw the body of my old friend Aslan, down into the pit. He could've had such a bright future. We all could've. But now, we dread the comings of our eighteenth birthdays. When we will vanish to who knows where.

That's what happened to everyone. All of the adults. Now there's only kids left on this earth. We don't know where are family's have gone, or if we'll ever see them again. But I have hope.

I went from a girl who didn't know how to hold a knife correctly to a girl who knew how to make death hurt. And I'm ashamed of that. But that's the only way we can survive out here.

I must escape this place I've called home for the past year. It's as if they know a secret, and are keeping us captive.

Can I make it?