Cruel: Prologue

Prologue.

Tears streamed from Ike's red rimmed eyes.
People passed but he registered no one.
She came and placed a hand on his arm but he shook it off in disgust.
All this, from one strictly-by-change meeting.
All this from absolutely nothing.
The world he knew was shattered and he knew he would find it hard to smile again.
Across from him, his little brother Zac stood, but Ike barely recognized him.
He had changed so much in the last few months it was hard to believe he was not even fourteen.
He was no longer a child, he had had to grow up so quickly.
So had Ike.
But Tay............

Zac closed his hand over the pendant he was holding but the metal seemed to burn his skin and he let it clatter to the floor.
It made a soft clunking noise, nothing like the noise that night but still it reminded Zac.
The scene flashed before him.
He tried to force his eyes to stay focused on the floor in front of him but they strayed.
They strayed to the sight he had tried so hard to banish from his mind.
Her.
With the cry of a soul burnt beyond recognition, Zac turned and fled.
Ike watched his brother flee.
But Tay..........

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