~

Mel

t, golden and full of quiet promise. Each strand of your lovely hair seem

ugh it, it would be like touching a lullaby-g

reminds me of golden silk, smoo

sible for one to fall

here

Your

~

red in shock

my mom's name. It

one send this?"

e they don't know w

, after ei

it was really i

nitial, B.

d. I scratched my hai

se name started with

no idea or clue about who co

the letter and saw a date s

that was 7th

e the date an

erything. I mut

ent to my mom eight years ago

ylie countered "For all you know, som

ey do that?" I sn

what, neve

ward silence. The only sound heard in the living roo

t me to start having nightmares and getting depressed all over again. But

and headed up the stairs

~~~~~~~~~

K'S

on the edge of the city - abandoned to the public, alive in the underworld. The scent of machine oil still clung

f out the smoke. The other half of them had glasses in their hands, filled w

ition. You could see some passing papers around, the contents of the papers w

nful looks they gave each other. But, they were all here for one t

even here? I

use my older brother had already gotten acquainted with the underworld before

le. Where th

e, the big three. The three leaders of the underworld; Mar

country, they were a force to be reckoned with. Well, u

one-dry creak. My father walked in with Tyler close behind him. The roo

nd skin. A scar ran across his right cheek, an old reminder of the last man who thoug

the room slowly, and wherever they landed, men lowered their gazes or sh

t you could hear a pin drop. Even the clock

gin until he gave the nod. Tyler stood beside him as his right-hand m

d. "Word has gotten to me that a certain gang

ment. Fights between gangs are completely normal

be dragged into underworldly figh

ices climbed over each other like rats scrambling for

es." Someone said from

him." A vo

hree times and the roo

we can do about it now." He rubb

or that, we have to prepare." He stated. "We must

back into his chair and

uit, though the bulge under his coat told anyone paying attention that he never came unarme

e empty. We have to fill up the space to bring ba

rent parts of the room. This was one

r acknowledged. "But tha

own the door and exited the room.

st the noise, you could figure ou

o fill up the t

gave me a migrain