Prologue
Prologue: The year the…
2010
The year the beasts made themselves known to the world.
2011
The year the beast finally declared war on North America and Europe.
2012
The year the beast declared war on the rest of the world.
2013
The year the beast won the war.
2014
The year the peace was broken and humans were demoted.
2015
The year the first human was publicly taken as a mate to a beast.
2016
The year the first large human based rebellion group made themselves known.
2017
The year every human rebel was executed in front of the world.
2018
The year the first mate hunt included humans.
2019
The year the first Luna was publicly killed.
2020
The year of the blood moon.
2021
The year the book begins.
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Small rundown log-cabin
district: 1 Human sector: 12
In a small dining room sat a close knit family, eating a celebration feast of chicken and a small helping of berries. The house was still warm from the setting summer sun but that did not deter the humans from sitting close or holding on tight to each other. As the night went on two of the four trickled off to bed leaving the others to sit in silence.
"Happy birthday love."
"Thanks, it means a lot to me that you put all this together for me... I know things have been a little tight lately…"
"Hey, it’ll pick back up, we go through this every year. People don’t need as much wood in the summer as they do in the winter, business will pick back up again."
"But they already let Eli off an-and what if they decide they don’t need you either?!"
"Hey, hey, don’t worry about us. Eli’s got a job interview at the factory tomorrow, J still has his job at the bakery, shockingly, and you still have your job at the school. In fact, it was you who found these lovely berries on your way into town. So we should be thanking you, not the other way around."
"I know, it’s just that I’m scared we’re going to lose one of them to the blood sport, or they will get taken as a mate. And I just really don’t want that to happen to any of you guys. I just love you all so much and… and I can’t right now. I just can’t."
"I know, but we get through it every year and this year will be just the same... come here."
"I love you. Don’t you ever forget that, okay?"
"I love you too."
"Let’s go to bed, we have a long week ahead of us."
"You go on up, I’ll meet you up there in a bit."
"Okay. Don’t be too long…"
"I won’t, I love you."
"I love you too."
The young man proceeds up the creaky steps leaving the young woman to herself at the table as a single tear leaks from her eye. The hunt, or blood games as the humans call them, was weighing heavily on her heart. She was terrified of one of her few family members being chosen. She already lost her best friend and her sister. She didn’t think she could bear another loss. With that in mind, she headed upstairs to the small bedroom she shares with her husband, and settled down on the ground. The fur had long since lost its softness, serving only as a way to stay warm and off the hard floor. She quickly snuggled into her husband, trying to get as much sleep as she can before she woke early tomorrow morning.
A/N
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